Strain Data

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Strain number		NIES-728
Phylum		Chlorophyta
Class		Chlorophyceae
Scientific name		Platydorina caudata Kofoid
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Green alga
Locality (Date of collection)		Kansas, USA
Latitude / Longitude
Habitat (Isolation source)		Freshwater (Pond water)
History		< Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX
Isolator (Date of isolation)
Identified by
State of strain		Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: MG Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 10-17 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information		18S rRNA ( LC086357 ) , 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( AB905588 ) , ITS2 ( U67000 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( HG422794 ) , atpB ( AB014032 ) , rbcL ( D86828 ) , psaA ( AB044212 ) , psaB ( AB044442 ) , psbC ( AB044494 ) , hypothetical protein gene, rlsC, rlsO, rlsB, regA, rlsA, ackB, rlsD ( KT232176 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization
Characteristics		Phototaxis
Other strain no.		Other collection strain no. : UTEX 1658
Remarks		Axenic
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Related strain information (Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-729	Platydorina caudata	Green alga	Freshwater marsh	Phototaxis

Related strain information (Used in same reference)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-147	Hyalotheca dissiliens	Desmid	Freshwater (Pond sediment)	Heterothallic ; Crosses with NIES-148
NIES-100	Microcystis aeruginosa	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater (Lake water)	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; ST8 (Tanabe et al. 2007)
NIES-575	Pandorina morum	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-574
NIES-568	Eudorina elegans	Green alga	Freshwater (Paddy soil)	Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious
NIES-4270	Volvox dissipatrix	Green alga ; Volvocine alga	Freshwater (Bog water)	Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious

Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55. Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 Nozaki, H., Ito, M., Sano, R., Uchida, H., Watanabe, M. M., Takahashi, H., Kuroiwa, T. 1997 Phylogenetic analysis of Yamagishiella and Platydorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) based on rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 33, 272-278. Keywords: Chlorophyta; Goniaceae; large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase (rbcL) gene; molecular phylogeny; Platydorina; Volvocaceae; Yamagishiella Strain(s): 582, 654, 666, 722, 724, 726, 728, 729, 730, 736, 884 DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00272.x Nozaki, H., Misawa, K., Kajita, T., Kato, M., Nohara, S., Watanabe, M. M. 2000 Origin and evolution of the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae) as inferred from multiple, chloroplast gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 17, 256-268. Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 474, 541, 545, 564, 566, 569, 571, 572, 574, 577, 582, 653, 654, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 737, 851, 854, 872, 882, 884, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 893, 895, 896, 898 PubMed: 11083939 DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0831 Nozaki, H., Ohta, N., Takano, H., Watanabe, M. M. 1999 Reexamination of phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta): an analysis of atpB and rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 35, 104-112. Keywords: atpB gene; Chlorophyta; Gonium; molecular phylogeny; rbcL gene; Volvocaceae; volvocine series; Volvox Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 541, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 577, 582, 653, 654, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 737, 851, 852, 858, 861, 882, 884, 895 DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3510104.x Nozaki, H., Ott, F. D., Coleman, A. W. 2006 Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of two new species of Pleodorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae). J. Phycol., 42, 1072-1080. Keywords: colonial Volvocales; molecular phylogeny; morphology; Pleodorina starrii sp. nov.; Pleodorina thompsonii sp. nov.; taxonomy Strain(s): 456, 460, 541, 544, 577, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 863, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 872, 891, 892, 1362, 1363, 4126, 4127 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x Iida, H., Nishii, I., Inouye, I. 2011 Embryogenesis and cell positioning in Platydorina caudata (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 50, 530-540. Keywords: Volvocaceae; inversion; intercalation; cytoplasmic bridge; stalk; colony formation Strain(s): 728, 729 DOI: 10.2216/10-80.1 Nakazawa, A. & Nishii, I. 2012 Amidic and acetonic cryoprotectants improve cryopreservation of volvocine green algae. CryoLetters, 33, 201-212. Keywords: cryopreservation; dimethylformamide; hydroxyacetone; Volvocaceae; Volvox; Chlamydomonas Strain(s): 418, 468, 545, 564, 574, 717, 721, 728, 729, 730, 731, 1331, 1361, 1710, 2236 PubMed: 22825787 Nakada, T., Ito, T., Tomita, M. 2016 18S ribosomal RNA gene phylogeny of a colonial volvocalean lineage (Tetrabanaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae, Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and its close relatives. J. Jpn. Bot., 91, 345-354. Keywords: 18S rRNA; colonial; green algae; molecular phylogeny; unicellular; Volvocales Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 474, 541, 544, 545, 564, 566, 571, 654, 666, 721, 725, 728, 735, 737, 867, 877, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 1362, 2242, 2246, 2266, 2567, 3388, 4126 Nakada, T., Tsuchida, Y., Tomita, M. 2019 Improved taxon sampling and multigene phylogeny of unicellular chlamydomonads closely related to the colonial volvocalean lineage Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 130 1-8. Keywords: Alga; Chlamydomonas; Colony evolution; Multigene phylogeny; Vitreochlamys; Zoosporangium Strain(s): 418, 437, 456, 460, 474, 541, 544, 545, 564, 566, 569, 571, 577, 654, 666, 721, 725, 728, 735, 737, 867, 879, 880, 882, 883, 887, 1362, 1858, 2462, 2567, 3383, 3388, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, 4245, 4246, 4247, 4248, 4249, 4250, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254, 4255, 4256 PubMed: 30266459 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.013 Lindsey, C. R., Rosenzweing, F., Herron, M. D. 2021 Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol., 19, 182 (article ID). Keywords: Phylotranscriptomics; Volvocine algae; Green algae; Phylogeny; Multicellularity Strain(s): 418, 456, 458, 460, 541, 543, 544, 564, 566, 568, 572, 582, 653, 654, 717, 719, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 732, 736, 737, 851, 856, 863, 867, 868, 878, 882, 890, 893, 895, 1362, 1363, 2569, 2863, 3383, 4126, 4127, 4128 DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435725 Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID). Strain(s): 544, 545, 564, 571, 574, 576, 717, 728, 730, 731, 734, 867, 868, 882, 891, 1711, 2569, 3780, 3785, 4029, 4127, 4270, 4662 PubMed: 39277710 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1 Chen, Y., Xiong, Q., Dai, Q., Liu, G. 2025 Six newly sequenced chloroplast genomes from quadriflagellate Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyceae): Phylogeny and comparative genome analyses. Genome Biol. Evol., 17, evaf074 (article ID). Keywords: quadriflagellate chlamydomonadaleans; phylogenomics; Corbierea; Strain(s): 153, 257, 425, 432, 474, 566, 728, 875, 1363, 4017 PubMed: 40247659 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf074

Reference

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 263, 266, 267, 268, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 312, 313, 329, 334, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729

Nozaki, H., Ito, M., Sano, R., Uchida, H., Watanabe, M. M., Takahashi, H., Kuroiwa, T. 1997 Phylogenetic analysis of Yamagishiella and Platydorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta) based on rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 33, 272-278.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; Goniaceae; large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase (rbcL) gene; molecular phylogeny; Platydorina; Volvocaceae; Yamagishiella
Strain(s): 582, 654, 666, 722, 724, 726, 728, 729, 730, 736, 884
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00272.x

Nozaki, H., Misawa, K., Kajita, T., Kato, M., Nohara, S., Watanabe, M. M. 2000 Origin and evolution of the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae) as inferred from multiple, chloroplast gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 17, 256-268.
Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 474, 541, 545, 564, 566, 569, 571, 572, 574, 577, 582, 653, 654, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 737, 851, 854, 872, 882, 884, 886, 887, 888, 889, 890, 893, 895, 896, 898
PubMed: 11083939
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0831

Nozaki, H., Ohta, N., Takano, H., Watanabe, M. M. 1999 Reexamination of phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta): an analysis of atpB and rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 35, 104-112.
Keywords: atpB gene; Chlorophyta; Gonium; molecular phylogeny; rbcL gene; Volvocaceae; volvocine series; Volvox
Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 541, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 577, 582, 653, 654, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 727, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 737, 851, 852, 858, 861, 882, 884, 895
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3510104.x

Nozaki, H., Ott, F. D., Coleman, A. W. 2006 Morphology, molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of two new species of Pleodorina (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae). J. Phycol., 42, 1072-1080.
Keywords: colonial Volvocales; molecular phylogeny; morphology; Pleodorina starrii sp. nov.; Pleodorina thompsonii sp. nov.; taxonomy
Strain(s): 456, 460, 541, 544, 577, 666, 720, 721, 722, 724, 725, 728, 730, 731, 732, 734, 735, 736, 863, 865, 866, 867, 868, 869, 872, 891, 892, 1362, 1363, 4126, 4127
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

Iida, H., Nishii, I., Inouye, I. 2011 Embryogenesis and cell positioning in Platydorina caudata (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 50, 530-540.
Keywords: Volvocaceae; inversion; intercalation; cytoplasmic bridge; stalk; colony formation
Strain(s): 728, 729
DOI: 10.2216/10-80.1

Nakazawa, A. & Nishii, I. 2012 Amidic and acetonic cryoprotectants improve cryopreservation of volvocine green algae. CryoLetters, 33, 201-212.
Keywords: cryopreservation; dimethylformamide; hydroxyacetone; Volvocaceae; Volvox; Chlamydomonas
Strain(s): 418, 468, 545, 564, 574, 717, 721, 728, 729, 730, 731, 1331, 1361, 1710, 2236
PubMed: 22825787

Nakada, T., Ito, T., Tomita, M. 2016 18S ribosomal RNA gene phylogeny of a colonial volvocalean lineage (Tetrabanaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae, Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and its close relatives. J. Jpn. Bot., 91, 345-354.
Keywords: 18S rRNA; colonial; green algae; molecular phylogeny; unicellular; Volvocales
Strain(s): 418, 456, 460, 474, 541, 544, 545, 564, 566, 571, 654, 666, 721, 725, 728, 735, 737, 867, 877, 879, 880, 881, 882, 883, 1362, 2242, 2246, 2266, 2567, 3388, 4126

Nakada, T., Tsuchida, Y., Tomita, M. 2019 Improved taxon sampling and multigene phylogeny of unicellular chlamydomonads closely related to the colonial volvocalean lineage Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 130 1-8.
Keywords: Alga; Chlamydomonas; Colony evolution; Multigene phylogeny; Vitreochlamys; Zoosporangium
Strain(s): 418, 437, 456, 460, 474, 541, 544, 545, 564, 566, 569, 571, 577, 654, 666, 721, 725, 728, 735, 737, 867, 879, 880, 882, 883, 887, 1362, 1858, 2462, 2567, 3383, 3388, 4241, 4242, 4243, 4244, 4245, 4246, 4247, 4248, 4249, 4250, 4251, 4252, 4253, 4254, 4255, 4256
PubMed: 30266459
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.013

Lindsey, C. R., Rosenzweing, F., Herron, M. D. 2021 Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol., 19, 182 (article ID).
Keywords: Phylotranscriptomics; Volvocine algae; Green algae; Phylogeny; Multicellularity
Strain(s): 418, 456, 458, 460, 541, 543, 544, 564, 566, 568, 572, 582, 653, 654, 717, 719, 720, 722, 725, 728, 730, 732, 736, 737, 851, 856, 863, 867, 868, 878, 882, 890, 893, 895, 1362, 1363, 2569, 2863, 3383, 4126, 4127, 4128
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435725

Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K. 2025 Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 119 (article ID).
Strain(s): 544, 545, 564, 571, 574, 576, 717, 728, 730, 731, 734, 867, 868, 882, 891, 1711, 2569, 3780, 3785, 4029, 4127, 4270, 4662
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

Chen, Y., Xiong, Q., Dai, Q., Liu, G. 2025 Six newly sequenced chloroplast genomes from quadriflagellate Chlamydomonadales (Chlorophyceae): Phylogeny and comparative genome analyses. Genome Biol. Evol., 17, evaf074 (article ID).
Keywords: quadriflagellate chlamydomonadaleans; phylogenomics; Corbierea; Strain(s): 153, 257, 425, 432, 474, 566, 728, 875, 1363, 4017
PubMed: 40247659
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaf074

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