Strain Data
Strain number NIES-867  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox gigas Pocock  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Starr, R. C.  
Identified by Starr, R. C.  
State of strain Subculture / Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Dec]; Remarkable large colonies[2012 Oct]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  MG  
Temperature:  22 C
Light intensity:  27-31 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  14 D  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC086363 ) , ITS2 ( U67021 ) , atpB ( AB076112 ) , rbcL ( AB076084 ) , psaA ( AB076132 ) , psbC ( AB076165 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 1895
 
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; 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-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-734
 		Volvox rousseletii Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater Phototaxis  
NIES-580
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female ; Crosses with NIES-581  
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-865
 		Volvox carteri Green alga ; Volvocine alga   Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Dioecious ; Oogamy ; Female  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-4249
 		Chlamydomonas sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis  
NIES-582
 		Volvulina compacta Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-583  
NIES-737
 		Gonium multicoccum Green alga   Phototaxis ; F1 clone of UTEX 2579  
NIES-4241
 		Chlamydomonas sp. Green alga   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Phototaxis  
NIES-883
 		Vitreochlamys pinguis Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Nakazawa 2001)  
Reference
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): 456,  460,  541,  544,  577,  666,  720,  721,  722,  724,  725,  728,  730,  731,  732,  734,  735,  736,  863,  865,  866,  867,  868,  869,  872,  891,  892,  1362,  1363,  4126,  4127 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00255.x

Nakada, T., Ito, T., Tomita, M. 2016 18S ribosomal RNA gene phylogeny of a colonial volvocalean lineage (Tetrabanaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae, Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and its close relatives. J. Jpn. Bot., 91, 345-354.
Keywords: 18S rRNA; colonial; green algae; molecular phylogeny; unicellular; Volvocales
Strain(s): 418,  456,  460,  474,  541,  544,  545,  564,  566,  571,  654,  666,  721,  725,  728,  735,  737,  867,  877,  879,  880,  881,  882,  883,  1362,  2242,  2246,  2266,  2567,  3388,  4126 

Nakada, T., Tsuchida, Y., Tomita, M. 2019 Improved taxon sampling and multigene phylogeny of unicellular chlamydomonads closely related to the colonial volvocalean lineage Tetrabaenaceae-Goniaceae-Volvocaceae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 130 1-8.
Keywords: Alga; Chlamydomonas; Colony evolution; Multigene phylogeny; Vitreochlamys; Zoosporangium
Strain(s): 418,  437,  456,  460,  474,  541,  544,  545,  564,  566,  569,  571,  577,  654,  666,  721,  725,  728,  735,  737,  867,  879,  880,  882,  883,  887,  1362,  1858,  2462,  2567,  3383,  3388,  4241,  4242,  4243,  4244,  4245,  4246,  4247,  4248,  4249,  4250,  4251,  4252,  4253,  4254,  4255,  4256 
PubMed: 30266459
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.013

Lindsey, C. R., Rosenzweing, F., Herron, M. D. 2021 Phylotranscriptomics points to multiple independent origins of multicellularity and cellular differentiation in the volvocine algae. BMC Biol., 19, 182 (article ID).
Keywords: Phylotranscriptomics; Volvocine algae; Green algae; Phylogeny; Multicellularity
Strain(s): 418,  456,  458,  460,  541,  543,  544,  564,  566,  568,  572,  582,  653,  654,  717,  719,  720,  722,  725,  728,  730,  732,  736,  737,  851,  856,  863,  867,  868,  878,  882,  890,  893,  895,  1362,  1363,  2569,  2863,  3383,  4126,  4127,  4128 
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.16.435725

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

Nozaki, H., Mori, F., Tanaka, Y., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Tanabe, Y. 2025 Establishment of cryopreserved culture strains of Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 64, 389-393.
Keywords: Cryopreservation; GreenAlgae; Volvox carteri; Volvoxgigas; Volvox powersii
Strain(s): 865,  867,  4127 
DOI: 10.1080/00318884.2025.2547453

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