The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-732  
Phylum Chlorophyta   Class Chlorophyceae 
Scientific name Volvox carteri Stein f. kawasakiensis Nozaki  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Kawasaki Kawasaki Kanagawa Japan (1984-01-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1984-02-25)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
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: 1 M  
Gene information atpB ( AB013999 ) , psaA ( AB044184 AB044185 ) , psaB ( AB044425 ) , psbC ( AB044475 ) , rbcL ( D63446 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Autotrophic Authentic strain; Heterothallic; Dioecious; Oogamy; Female; Crosses with NIES-733  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KK-3  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses 

Reference
773)   Nozaki, H. 1988 Morphology, sexual reproduction and taxonomy of Volvox carteri f. kawasakiensis f. nov. (Chlorophyta) from Japan. Phycologia, 27, 209-220. , Strain(s): 580581732733 

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

789)   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 

807)   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 

812)   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 

814)   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