Strain number NIES-4629  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Trebouxiophyceae  
Scientific name Eremosphaera gigas (W.Archer) Fott & Kalina  
Synonym Oocystis gigas W.Archer  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Nakanohigashi, Aki-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan (2016-08-07)  
Latitude / Longitude 34.3947 / 132.5757 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Water)  
History < Handa, Shinji  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Handa, Shinji (2016-08-08)  
Identified by Handa, Shinji, Mizobuchi, Aya  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  8-11 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  4 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC777743 )  
Cell size (min - max) 800 - 1200 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Benthic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : AM238-a  
Remarks Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
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-4630
Eremosphaera viridis Green alga   Freshwater (Water) Benthic ; Resting spore-forming ; Oogamy  
NIES-379
Eremosphaera gigas Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
NIES-643
Eremosphaera viridis Green alga   Freshwater (Bog water)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4290
Lagerheimia genevensis Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-4279
Chlorella sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-382
Lagerheimia ciliata Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-4297
Oocystis sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
NIES-4389
Tetrastrum staurogeniiforme Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water)  
Reference
Mizobuchi, A., Handa, S., Tsubota, H. 2024 Detailed observations of the life history and phylogenetic placements of the freshwater green alga Oocystaenium elegans (Oocystaceae, Trebouxiophyceae), with an emended description. Phycol. Res. 72, 215-223.
Keywords: Eremosphaera; Japan; oogamy; receptive papilla; sexual reproduction
Strain(s): 382391139123919427942904297438946294630 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12559

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