Strain number NIES-698  
Phylum Cryptophyta  
Class Cryptophyceae  
Scientific name Rhodomonas irregularis Butcher ex Erata & Chihara  
Synonym  
Former name Cryptomonas irregularis Butcher  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Plymouth, Devon, U.K. (1960-**-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine  
History < Erata, Mayumi < Hara, Yoshiaki < CCAP  
Isolator (Date of isolation) (1960-**-**)  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  15 C
Light intensity:  12-15 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information plastid DNA ( LC648954 ) , 28S rRNA ( MK828449 ) , 18S rRNA ( MK828408 LC647559 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Authentic strain ; Genome decoded strain (Suzuki et al. 2022)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : CCAP 979/7
Other strain no. : M04  
Remarks  
Movie  
Reference
Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M. 2022 What happend before losses of photosynthesis in Cryptophyte algae? Mol. Biol. Evol., 39, msac001 (article ID).
Keywords: cryptophyte; Cryptomonas borealis: genome evolution; mixotrophy; photosynthetic loss
Strain(s): 276281345348698703715100510061327137517302331233227163952 
PubMed: 35079797
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac001

Cunningham, B. R., Greenwold, M. J., Lachenmyer, E. M., Heidenreich, K, M., Davis, A. C., Dudycha, J. L., Richardson, T. L. 2019 Light capture and pigment diversity in marine and freshwater cryptophytes. J. Phycol., 55, 552-564.
Strain(s): 697698701702708 
PubMed: 30468692
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12816

Greenwold, M. J., Cunningham, B. R., Lachenmyer, E. M., Pullman, J. M., Richardson, T. L., Dudycha, J. L. 2019 Diversification of light capture ability was accompanied by the evolution of phycobiliproteins in cryptophyte algae. Proc. R. Soc. B-Biol. Sci., 286, 20190655 (article ID).
Keywords: photosynthesis; photosynthetically usable radiation; phycobilin; resource acquisition
Strain(s): 698702 
PubMed: 31088271
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0655

Mitani, E., Nakayama, F., Matsuwaki, I., Ichi, I., Kawabata, A., Kawachi, M., Kato, M. 2017 Fatty acid composition profiles of 235 strains of three microalgal divisions within the NIES Microbial Culture Collection. Microb. Resour. Syst., 33, 19-29.
Keywords: Cryptophyta; docosahexaenoic acid; eicosapentaenoic acid; fatty acid; Haptophyta; Heterokontophyta; microalgae
Strain(s): 1891415177111522322523323426527427527627727827928028128228429332332433033334434534634734835035337237738839139540740840941341441746146246648753454855355655755855956056258758858959060360562262369569669769869970070170270370470570670770870971071171271371471571674176576676780583799710011002100310041005100610071009101110161017104410451046104713021303132413271330133913401349135313701375137613791383138413851386138713911392139313951398139914001401169917001730181318151816182618271831186218631864186518741963196419651974197519762142214321442145214721482300233123322351236323642365236923702376250625332534253525362537259026332668268926902691269326942696269727072716271727182720272227232725272627292730273127322770277127722773283928402841284228432844285928722878289028993391368936903691 

Erata, M. & Chihara, M. 1989 Re-examination of Pyrenomonas and Rhodomonas (Class Cryptophyceae) through ultrastructural survey of red pigmented cryptomonads. Bot. Mag. Tokyo, 102, 429-443.
Keywords: nucleomorph; periplastidal compartment; Pyrenomonas; Rhodomonas
Strain(s): 697698699700701702705706 
DOI: 10.1007/BF02488125

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