Strain number NIES-885  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Gonium multicoccum Pocock  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lemoncove, California, USA  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) (Soil or Mud)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < UTEX  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Stein, J. R. (1956-03-**)  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( AB520749 ) , atpB ( AB076116 ) , psaA ( AB076138 ) , psaB ( AB076154 ) , rbcL ( AB076103 U66967 ) , psbC ( AB076171 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : UTEX 783
 
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Mori, F., Tanaka, Y., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M. 2022 Cryopreservation of vegetative cells and zygotes of the multicellular volvocine green alga Gonium pectorale. BMC Microbiol., 22, 103 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2882904684695695706456466526536546557378518528852261226341214499450045014502 
PubMed: 35421922
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02519-9

Nozaki, H. & Kuroiwa, T. 1991 Morphology and sexual reproduction of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) from Nepal. Phycologia, 30, 381-393.
Strain(s): 737885 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-30-5-381.1

Nozaki, H. 1990 Ultrastructure of the extra-cellular matrix of Gonium (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). Phycologia, 29, 1-8.
Strain(s): 468651885 
DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-29-1-1.1

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