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Strain number NIES-179  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Closterium gracile Brébisson ex Ralfs  
Synonym Closterium limneticum var. tenue Lemmermann 1899; Closterium gracile var. tenue (Lemmermann) West & G.S.West 1902; Closterium gracile var. elongatum West & G.S.West 1904; Closterium gracile f. tenue (Lemmermann) Kossinskaja 1960  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Kathmandu, Nepal (1968-05-18)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Sediment)  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ichimura, Terunobu  
Identified by Ichimura, Terunobu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CA  
Temperature:  20 (20) C
Light intensity:  4-8 (13-21) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M (1 M)  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) 5 - 170 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Heterothallic: Mating type (+) ; Crosses with NIES-180  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-444 (=C-570)
Other strain no. : N-90-58  
Remarks 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): 192122232425262728293031323334353637383940414445465051525354555658596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261262263266267268287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310312313329334337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

Ichimura, T. & Itoh, T. 1977 17. Preservation methods of microalgae (I) [17. Bisaisôrui no hozonhô (I)]. In Preservation methods of microorganisms [Biseibutsu Hozonhô], Ed. by Nei, T., University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp. 355-373 (in Japanese).
Strain(s): 19212223242728303132333436373839404144454647484950122123127131144152173175179180181182183185198200203206217226227241266267268295309310334338379436448450455527 

Ichimura, T. 1973 The life cycle and its control in some species of Closterium, with special reference to the biological species problems. Thesis D. Sci., University of Tokyo, 69 pp., 11 tables, 40 figs.
Strain(s): 666768125127174175176177179180181182183185198202262337338450451 

Ichimura, T. 1973 Culture of microalgae (6). Iden, 27, 97-101 (in Japanese).
Strain(s): 66173175179180181183198262338450 

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