The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data

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Strain number NIES-541  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Chlorophyceae 
Scientific name Volvox aureus Ehrenberg var. aureus  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Yamanaka Yamanashi Japan (1981-**-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Sediment)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1981-07-06)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2013 Jan]  
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: 1 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB013998 ) , psaA ( AB044182 ) , psaB ( AB044424 ) , psbC ( AB044474 )
Cell size (min - max) - 3 μm   Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 1706-2  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses 

Reference
653)   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 

788)   Nozaki, H. 1984 Volvox aureus Ehrenberg var. aureus. In Photomicrog. Fresh-w. Alg. [Tansui Sôrui Syashinsyû] Vol. 1, Eds. by Yamagishi, T. & Akiyama, M., Uchida Rokakuho, Tokyo, p. 97 (in Japanese & English). , Strain(s): 541542 

802)   Nozaki, H. 1994 Unequal flagellar formation in Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 33, 58-61. , Strain(s): 541732 

810)   Nozaki, H., Ito, M. 1994 Phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) inferred from cladistic analysis based on morphological data. J. Phycol., 30, 353-365. , Keywords: Chlorophyta; cladistic analysis; Goniaceae; morphological data; phylogeny; sexual reproduction; Tetrabaena; Tetrabaenaceae fam. nov.; Tetrabaena socialis comb. nov.; Volvocaceae , Strain(s): 456460541565571654 

811)   Nozaki, H., Ito, M., Sano, R., Uchida, H., Watanabe, M. M., Kuroiwa, T. 1995 Phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta) inferred from rbcL gene sequence data. J. Phycol., 31, 970-979. , Keywords: Chlorophyta; Goniaceae; large subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase / oxygenase (rbcL) gene; molecular phylogeny; Tetrabaenaceae; Volvocaceae , Strain(s): 418421456460541564566569571572574577653725731732734735737895 

829)   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 

834)   Nozaki, H., Ohta, N., Takano, H., Watanabe, M. M. 1999 Reexamination of phylogenetic relationships within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyta): an analysis of atpB and rbcL gene sequences. J. Phycol., 35, 104-112. , Keywords: atpB gene; Chlorophyta; Gonium; molecular phylogeny; rbcL gene; Volvocaceae; volvocine series; Volvox , Strain(s): 418456460541564566568569571572574577582653654666720721722724725727728730731732734735736737851852858861882884895