Strain Data
Strain number NIES-1711  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Kin, Okinawa, Japan (2000-03-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi; Kaneko, Daisuke (2001-10-**)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information rbcL ( AB246190 ) , mat3 ( AB771929 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-1710 ; F3 strain (NIES-2863)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Kaneko4  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-469
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-468  
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-1713
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-1712  
NIES-468
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-469  
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-1712
 		Gonium pectorale Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Cosmopolitan ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-1713  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-882
 		Vitreochlamys ordinata Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis  
NIES-654
 		Gonium viridistellatum Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-2569
 		Volvox ovalis Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain  
NIES-852
 		Gonium octonarium Green alga   Phototaxis  
NIES-4260
 		Volvox perglobator Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Diecious ; Male ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming  
Reference
Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147.
Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales
Strain(s): 289,  569,  572,  653,  654,  851,  857,  1038,  1707,  1708,  1709,  1711,  1713 

Hamaji, T., Ferris, P. J., Coleman, A.W., Waffenschmidt, S., Takahashi, F., Nishii, I., Nozaki, H. 2008 Identification of the minus-dominance gene ortholog in the mating-type locus of Gonium pectorale. Genetics, 178, 283-294.
Strain(s): 1710,  1711 
PubMed: 18202374
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.078618

Mogi, Y., Hamaji, T., Suzuki, M., Ferris, P., Mori, T., Kabeya, Y., Miyagishima, S., Nozaki, H. 2012 Evidence for tubular mating structures induced in each mating type of heterothallic Gonium pectorale (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). J. Phycol., 48, 670-674.
Keywords: bilateral mating papilla; Chlorophyta; Gonium pectorale; isogamete; mating type; sexual reproduction; tubular mating structure; Volvocales
Strain(s): 1710,  1711 
PubMed: 27011083
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01149.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

Hiraide, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T ., Matsuzaki, R., Kawafune, K., Abe, J., Sekimoto, H., Umen, J., Nozaki, H. 2013 The evolution of male–female sexual dimorphism predates the gender-based divergence of the mating locus gene MAT3/RB. Mol. Biol. Evol., 30, 1038-1040.
Keywords: gender-based divergence; gene conversion; male–female sexual dimorphism; MAT3/RB, mating type locus; volvocine algae
Strain(s): 722,  733,  866,  1710,  1711,  1859,  1861,  3985,  4018 
PubMed: 23364323
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst018

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398.
Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  418,  456,  458,  460,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 29134623
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10.
Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism
Strain(s): 289,  418,  421,  456,  458,  460,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  857,  872,  875,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  883,  891,  892,  1038,  1362,  1711,  1713,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782 
PubMed: 30125231
DOI: 10.1086/698301

Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318.
Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 289,  421,  456,  458,  460,  474,  522,  541,  543,  544,  545,  564,  566,  568,  569,  571,  572,  574,  578,  582,  653,  732,  751,  851,  856,  872,  876,  877,  878,  880,  882,  1038,  1122,  1140,  1148,  1156,  1157,  1362,  1708,  1711,  1713,  1859,  2457,  2569,  2738,  3382,  3388,  3780,  3782,  3986,  4145,  4258,  4259,  4260 

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

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