Strain number NIES-396  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox aureus Ehrenberg  
Synonym Janetosphaera aurea (Ehrenberg) W.R.Shaw 1922; Volvox dioica var. lismorensis Playfair null; Volvox minor F.Stein 1854; Volvox dioicus F.J.Cohn 1875; Volvox lismorensis Playfair 1915  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Koshoku-gun, Nagano, Japan (1983-08-27)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy water)  
History < Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ogasawara, Yoshikazu (1983-08-29)  
Identified by Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VT  
Temperature:  23 C
Light intensity:  27-31 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Homothallic  
Other strain no.  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 192122232526272931323435363738404445465051525354555658596066676873747577787980818789929395979899100105106107108109110111112119120127128129130131132133134135137139144152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168171177186189192193197202203204205206207208209210211212214215216217224226230231232242243244245246248259263266267268287288290294295297299300302303305306308309310312313329334337338340341342349351359361362375378379380382384385390394396398415416419422423426427429430431433434436438439440446447448450451452453454455456458460464474478479481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527529530531532536537538539540541542544545546564565566568569570572573574575578579580581582584592593594595596597598610628630631635638639640641642643644645647648649650652653655657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689691692693694717718719722723726727729 

Hirata, K., Phunchindawan, M., Tukamoto, J., Goda, S., Miyamoto, K. 1996 Cryopreservation of microalgae using encapsulation-dehydration. CryoLetters, 17, 321-328.
Keywords: Dunaliella tertiolecta; microalgae; cryopreservation; encapsulation-dehydration
Strain(s): 81922273244242375396422 

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