Strain number NIES-2615  
Phylum Heterokontophyta  
Class Xanthophyceae  
Scientific name Vaucheria frigida (Roth) C.Agardh sensu Christensen  
Synonym Conferva frigida Roth; Ectosperma multicornis Vaucher 1803Vaucheria hamata J.Walz 1866; Vaucheria brevicaulis Blum 1951; Vaucheria pseudohamata Prescott 1953; Vaucheria mulleola subsp. calida T.A.Christensen 1987  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Near Albany, New York, USA (1970-**-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Stream water)  
History < Kataoka, Hironao  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kataoka, Hironao (1972-**-**)  
Identified by Takahashi, Fumio  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  4-5 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  6 M  
Gene information rbcL ( AB266740 )  
Cell size (min - max) - 47 μm  
Organization  
Characteristics Homothallic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : bb2  
Remarks  
Movie  
Reference
Kataoka, H. 2019 Quantitative analysis of tip growth, phototropic responses, and other blue light-dependent photoresponses of Vaucheria. In Phototropism, Part of the Methods in Molecular Biology book series, Ed. by Yamamoto, K. T., Humana Press, New York, NY, 1924, pp. 83-120.
Keywords: Apical expansion; Aureochrome; Blue light; Branching; Ca2+ ion; Coenocyte; Lightgrowth response; Negative phototropism; Polarotropism; Positive phototropism; Split-field illumination method; Unilateral illumination method; Vaucheria
Strain(s): 26142615 
PubMed: 30694469
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9015-3_8

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