The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-886  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Chlorophyceae 
Scientific name Pandorina morum (O.F. Müller) Bory  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Bloomington Indiana U.S.A. (1955-09-**)  
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 Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 22-27 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB044180 ) , psaA ( AB044231 ) , psaB ( AB044456 ) , psbC ( AB044510 AB044511 ) , rbcL ( AB044167 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Autotrophic Heterothallic; Isogamy  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 854
 
Remarks  

Reference
68)   Coleman, A. W. 1959 Sexual isolation in Pandorina morum. J. Protozool., 6, 249-264. , Strain(s): 886887 

804)   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. Phylog. Evol., 17, 256-268. , Strain(s): 418456460474541545564566569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851854872882884886887888889890893895896898