Strain number NIES-2379  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chloromonas miwae (H.Fukushima) Muramoto, Nakada, Shitara, Y.Hara & Nozaki  
Synonym Carteria miwae Fukushima  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Snow alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Mt. Gassan, Nishikawa, Yamagata, Japan (2006-06-15)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (Snow)  
History < Muramoto, Kyohei  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Muramoto, Kyohei (2006-08-23)  
Identified by Muramoto, Kyohei; Nozaki , Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  10 C
Light intensity:  20-32 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  12L:12D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB906350 ) , ITS2 ( LC012762 ) , 26S rRNA ( LC060476 ) , atpB ( AB906369 ) , psaB ( AB906380 ) , rbcL ( AB434271 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Stenothermal ; Cryophilic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : GS1  
Remarks  
Movie  
Reference
Procházková, L., Matsuzaki, R., Řezanka, T., Nedbalová, L., Remias, D. 2023 The snow alga Chloromonas kaweckae sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyta) causes green surface blooms in the High Tatras (Slovakia) and tolerates high irradiance. J. Phycol., 59, 236-248.
Keywords: biodiversity; cryoflora; environmental sample; fatty acids; fluorometry; vegetative stages
Strain(s): 2379375342844476 
PubMed: 36461636
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13307

Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Takeuchi, N., Hara, Y., Kawachi, M. 2019 Taxonomic re-examination of “Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) zygotes” from Japan and description of C. muramotoi sp. nov. PLoS One, 14, e0210986 (article ID).
Strain(s): 46423792380256328623389370737534284 
PubMed: 30677063
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210986

Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Kawachi, M. 2018 Taxonomic revision of Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) strains, with the new description of two snow-inhabiting Chloromonas species. PLoS One, 13, e0193603 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4642379238025632862338937073753 
PubMed: 29570718
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193603

Matsuzaki, R., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2015 Revisiting the taxonomic significance of aplanozygote morphologies of two “cosmopolitan” snow species of the genus Chloromonas (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Phycologia, 54, 491–502.
Keywords: Chloromonas brevispina; Chloromonas krienitzii sp. nov.; Chloromonas nivalis; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Snow algae; Ultrastructure
Strain(s): 23792380338937523753 
DOI: 10.2216/15-33.1

Matsuzaki, R., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2014 A taxonomic study of snow Chloromonas species (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) based on light and electron microscopy and molecular analysis of cultured material. Phycologia, 53, 293–304.
Keywords: Chloromonadinia; Chloromonas fukushimae; Chloromonas tenuis; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Snow algae; Taxonomy; Ultrastructure
Strain(s): 2379238033893390 
DOI: 10.2216/14-3.1

Muramoto, K., Nakada, T., Shitara, T., Hara, Y., Nozaki, H. 2010 Re-examination of the snow algal species Chloromonas miwae (Fukushima) Muramoto et al., comb. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) from Japan, based on molecular phylogeny and cultured material. Eur. J. Phycol., 45, 27-37.
Keywords: Carteria miwae; Chloromonas miwae comb. nov.; Chlorophyceae; molecular phylogeny; morphology; sexual cycle; snow algae; taxonomy; Volvocales
Strain(s): 23792380 
DOI: 10.1080/09670260903272607

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