Strain Data
Strain number NIES-852  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Gonium octonarium Pocock  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Starr, R. C.  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  7-12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information MID ( AB774227 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : GO-LC-3-  
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-737
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   Phototaxis ; F1 clone of UTEX 2579  
NIES-1710
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-1711 ; F1 strains (NIES-4121, 4499-4502) ; F3 strain (NIES-2863)  
NIES-468
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-469  
NIES-288
 		Gonium viridistellatum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-289 and 290  
NIES-2863
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater Mixotrophic ; Osmotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Genome decoded strain (Hamaji et al. 2013) ; F3 backcross strain to K41 (originating from K41 x K32 (F1 strains of NIES-1710 x 1711)) ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Resting spore-forming  
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-647
 		Gonium quadratum Green alga   Freshwater Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; F1 clone of NIES-652 x 653 ; Sister clone to NIES-648, 649 and 650 from one zygote  
NIES-469
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-468  
NIES-1039
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   Phototaxis  
NIES-851
 		Gonium octonarium Green alga   Phototaxis  
NIES-885
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   (Soil or Mud) Phototaxis  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-721
 		Eudorina elegans Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
NIES-654
 		Gonium viridistellatum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-3782
 		Volvox reticuliferus Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nozaki et al. 2016) ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; F1 strains (NIES-3785, 3786)  
NIES-653
 		Gonium quadratum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-652 ; F1 strains (NIES-647, 648, 649, 650)  
NIES-882
 		Vitreochlamys ordinata Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
Reference
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

Hamaji, T., Ferris, J. P., Nishii, I., Nishimura, Y., Nozaki, H. 2013 Distribution of the sex-determining geneMID and molecular correspondence of mating types within the isogamous genus Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). PLoS One, 8, e64385 (article ID).
Strain(s): 652,  653,  654,  655,  851,  852,  1038,  1039,  1708,  1710,  1711,  2455,  2457 
PubMed: 23696888
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064385

Nozaki, H., Mori, F., Tanaka, Y., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M. 2022 Cryopreservation of vegetative cells and zygotes of the multicellular volvocine green alga Gonium pectorale. BMC Microbiol., 22, 103 (article ID).
Strain(s): 288,  290,  468,  469,  569,  570,  645,  646,  652,  653,  654,  655,  737,  851,  852,  885,  2261,  2263,  4121,  4499,  4500,  4501,  4502 
PubMed: 35421922
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02519-9

Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2024 Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 72, 46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  456,  460,  541,  544,  545,  569,  572,  574,  582,  652,  653,  654,  732,  851,  852,  857,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  1708,  1710,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2735,  2736,  2740,  3382,  3383,  3780,  3782,  3786,  3874,  3984,  3986,  3988,  4021,  4025,  4336,  4432,  4535,  4536,  4537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

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