The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-875  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Chlorophyceae 
Scientific name Vitreochlamys aulata (Pascher) Batko  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Atsugi Atsugi Kanagawa Japan (1998-02-19)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nakazawa, Atsushi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nakazawa, Atsushi (1998-03-09)  
Identified by Nakazawa, Atsushi  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 22-32 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 2 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB076121 ) , psaA ( AB076143 ) , psaB ( AB076158 ) , psbC ( AB076175 AB076176 AB076177 ) , rbcL ( AB050486 AB050487 ) , rbcL-462 intron ( AB076097 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Unicellular: Flagellate 
Characteristics Autotrophic; Planktonic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Spha-5/1998-3-9  
Remarks  

Reference
730)   Nakazawa, A., Krienitz, L., Nozaki, H. 2001 Taxonomy of the unicellular green algal genus Vitreochlamys (Volvocales), based on comparative morphology of cultured material. Eur. J. Phycol., 36, 113-128. , Keywords: Chlorophyta; comparative morphology; rbcL (large subunit of Rubisco, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase); Sphaerellopsis; taxonomy; ultrastructure; Vitreochlamys; Vitreochlamys pinguis; Volvocales , Strain(s): 875876877878879880881882883 

732)   Nakazawa, A., Nozaki, H. 2000 Morphology and asexual reproduction of Vitreochlamys aulata (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). J. Jpn. Bot., 75, 42-46. , Keywords: asexual reproduction; Chlorophyceae; morphology; Sphaerellopsis; Vitreochlamys aulata , Strain(s): 875 

811)   Nozaki, H., Onishi, K., Morita, E. 2002 Differences in pyrenoid morphology are correlated with differences in the rbcL genes of members of the Chloromonas lineage (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). J. Mol. Evol., 55, 414-430. , Keywords: ATP synthase β-subunit (atpB) gene; Chloromonas; gene evolution; large subunit of Rubisco (rbcL) gene; morphological evolution; P700 chlorophyll a-apoprotein A2 (psaB) gene; pyrenoid; Volvocales , Strain(s): 96123144213418421425428432439446447456474522564566567569571574582653732851858861875882883968 

814)   Nozaki, H., Takahara, M., Nakazawa, A., Kita, Y., Yamada, T., Takano, H., Kawano, S., Kato, M. 2002 Evolution of rbcL group IA introns and intron open reading frames within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylog. Evol., 23, 326-338. , Strain(s): 289418582654857875883891892