The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-262  
Phylum Streptophyta   Class Charophyceae 
Scientific name Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Piuthan Nepal (1965-10-14)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Reservoir sediment)  
History < Ichimura, Terunobu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ichimura, Terunobu (-----)  
Identified by Ichimura, Terunobu  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  C  
Temperature: 15(20) C
Light intensity: 10-18(22-32) µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 3 M(1 M)  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Unicellular; Non-flagellate 
Characteristics Heterothallic; Mating type(−); Mating group I A  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-441(=C-577)
Other strain no. : N-13-4  
Remarks  

Reference
265)   Ichimura, T. 1971 Sexual cell division and conjugation-papilla formation in sexual reproduction of Closterium strigosum. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Seaweed Symposium, University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, p. 208-214. , Strain(s): 66262 

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

267)   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): 666768124125127174175176177179180181182183185198202262337338450451 

635)   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): 19212223242526272829303132333435363738394041444546505152535455565758596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123124125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147148150151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261262263266267268271287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310311312313329334336337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

1271)   Watanabe, M. M. 1977 Biosystematics in Closterium of sexual unicellular green algae and Calothrix and Spirulina of asexual filamentous blue-green algae, with special reference to the analyses of natural populations. Thesis D. Sci., Hokkaido University, 114 pp., 28 tables, 54 figs. , Strain(s): 3945465152535455565758596061626364656667686970261262266268