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Strain number NIES-734  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox rousseletii G.S.West  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Starr, R. C.  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  22 C
Light intensity:  21-29 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  42 D  
Gene information ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( AB663342 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( HG422822 ) , atpB ( AB014003 ) , rbcL ( D63448 ) , psaA ( AB044188 ) , psaB ( AB044429 ) , psbC ( AB044479 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 1862
 
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
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Related strain information
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-397
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-398  
NIES-398
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Male ; Crosses with NIES-397  
NIES-541
Volvox aureus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Sediment) Phototaxis  
NIES-865
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
NIES-580
Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1363
Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2006) ; Heterothallic ; Anisogamous ; Male ; Genome decoded strain (Takahashi et al. 2003;( Smith et al. 2013)  
NIES-893
Volvulina boldii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-474
Lobomonas monstruosa Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water)  
NIES-886
Pandorina morum Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous  
NIES-545
Volvulina steinii Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-546  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Ito, M., Sano, R., Uchida, H., Watanabe, M. M., Kuroiwa, T. 1995 Phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) inferred from rbcL gene sequence data. J. Phycol., 31, 970-979.
Keywords: Chlorophyta; Goniaceae; large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase (rbcL) gene; molecular phylogeny; Tetrabaenaceae; Volvocaceae
Strain(s): 418421456460541564566569571572574577653725731732734735737895 
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1995.00970.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): 418456460474541545564566569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851854872882884886887888889890893895896898 
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): 418456460541564566568569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851852858861882884895 
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): 4564605415445776667207217227247257287307317327347357368638658668678688698728918921362136341264127 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

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): 54454556457157457671772873073173486786888289117112569378037854029412742704662 
PubMed: 39277710
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1

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