Strain number NIES-886  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Pandorina morum (O.F.Müller) Bory  
Synonym Volvox morum O.F.Müller 1786  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Bloomington, Indiana, USA (1955-09-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Pond water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Coleman, A. W.  
Identified by Coleman, A. W.  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB044180 ) , rbcL ( AB044167 ) , psaA ( AB044231 ) , psaB ( AB044456 ) , psbC ( AB044510 AB044511 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 854
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Misawa, K., Kajita, T., Kato, M., Nohara, S., Watanabe, M. M. 2000 Origin and evolution of the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae) as inferred from multiple, chloroplast gene sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 17, 256-268.
Strain(s): 418456460474541545564566569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851854872882884886887888889890893895896898 
PubMed: 11083939
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2000.0831

Coleman, A. W. 1959 Sexual isolation in Pandorina morum. J. Protozool., 6, 249-264.
Strain(s): 886887 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1959.tb04366.x

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