Strain Data
Strain number NIES-2236  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chlamydomonas reinhardtii P.A.Dangeard  
Synonym Chlamydomonas morieri Dangeard 1888; Chlamydomonas pseudodebaryana Brabez 1941  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) near Amherst, Massachusetts, USA  
Latitude / Longitude 42.364125 /  
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (Soil)  
History < IAM (2007) < BIU (UTEX; 1967) < CCAP (1952);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Smith, G. M. (1945-**-**)  
Identified by  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  C (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  2-3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  6 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB511834 AB701551 ) , rbcL ( AB511845 )  
Cell size (min - max) 4 - 10 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Mating type (+)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-239; CCAP 11/32A; SAG 11-32b; UTEX 90; NIBB 4014; CGC CC-1010; CGC CC-409
Other strain no. : 137c mt+  
Remarks Cryopreserved; 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-2235
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Starch production (Kuchitsu et al. 1988) ; Genome decoded strain ; Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-2239 (IAM C-562) ; Live food (Liu et al. 2016)  
NIES-2237
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Phototaxis ; D-Threonine aldolase (Hirato et al. 2007) ; D-amino acids ; Cell wall less mutant of NIES-2238 ; Loss of nitrate reductase ; Unable to use nitrate as nitrogen source (Pröschold et al. 2005)  
NIES-2238
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Terrestrial (Soil) Phototaxis ; Mating type (+) ; Loss of nitrate reductase ; Unable to use nitrate as nitrogen source (Pröschold et al. 2005)  
NIES-2463
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Freshwater (Soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Isogamous ; Mating type (+)  
NIES-2464
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   Freshwater (Soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Isogamous ; Mating type (−)  
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-2499
 		Chlamydomonas eustigma Green alga   Freshwater (Microfilm) Acidophilic ; Phototaxis ; Arsenic tolerance (Hirooka et al. 2017) ; Genome decoded strain (Hirooka et al. 2017)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2247
 		Chlamydomonas ulvaensis Green alga   Terrestrial (Pasture plant) Phototaxis  
NIES-2239
 		Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Green alga   (Soil) Phototaxis ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-2235 (IAM C-9)  
NIES-1361
 		Pleodorina starrii Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Anisogamous ; Male  
NIES-728
 		Platydorina caudata Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis  
NIES-2576
 		Chlamydomonas moewusii Green alga   Phototaxis ; Mating type (+)  
Reference
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

Yumoto, K., Kasai, F., Kawachi, M. 2013 Taxonomic re-examination of Chlamydomonas strains maintained in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 29, 1-12.
Strain(s): 158,  437,  438,  440,  884,  968,  1021,  1022,  1048,  1733,  1848,  1849,  2201,  2202,  2203,  2204,  2206,  2207,  2208,  2209,  2210,  2211,  2212,  2213,  2214,  2215,  2216,  2218,  2219,  2220,  2222,  2223,  2224,  2225,  2228,  2229,  2230,  2231,  2233,  2234,  2235,  2236,  2237,  2238,  2239,  2240,  2241,  2242,  2243,  2246,  2247,  2248,  2314,  2315,  2316,  2317,  2318,  2319,  2320,  2321,  2322,  2323,  2324,  2462,  2463,  2499,  2575,  2576,  2577,  2578,  2579,  3284 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.29.1_1

Flores, D. C., Fricke, M., Wesp, V., Desirò, D., Kniewasser, A., Hölzer, M., Marz, M., Mittag, M. 2021 A marine Chlamydomonas sp. emerging as an algal model. J. Phycol., 57, 54-69.
Strain(s): 882,  2202,  2204,  2207,  2211,  2218,  2220,  2223,  2229,  2236,  2241,  2242,  2248 
PubMed: 33043442
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13083

Hosoda, K., Seno, S., MurakamiN., Matsuda, H., Osada, Y., Kamiura, R., Kondoh, M. 2024 Synthetic model ecosystem of 12 cryopreservable microbial species allowing for a noninvasive approach. Biosystems, 235, 105087 (article ID).
Keywords: Synthetic ecosystem; Experimental model ecosystem; Microbial microcosm; Machine learning
Strain(s): 21,  35,  227,  2236 
PubMed: 37989470
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2023.105087

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