The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-396  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Chlorophyceae 
Scientific name Volvox aureus Ehrenberg  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Koshoku-gun Nagano Japan (1983-08-27)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy water)  
History < Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ogasawara, Yoshikazu (1983-08-29)  
Identified by Ogasawara, Yoshikazu  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2012 Dec]  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  VT  
Temperature: 23 C
Light intensity: 180-200 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 20 D  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Homothallic  
Other strain no.  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses 

Reference
632)   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