Strain number NIES-4121  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Gonium pectorale O.F.Müller  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Refer to NIES-1710 and NIES-1711  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014-12-15)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  40 D  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; F1 clone of NIES-1710 x 1711 ; Heterothallic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 2014-0520-F1-4  
Remarks Cryopreserved; 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

Arakaki, Y., Fujiwara, T., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Kawafune, K., Featherston, J., Durand, P. M., Miyagishima, S., Nozaki, H. 2017 Evolution of cytokinesis-related protein localization during the emergence of multicellularity in volvocine green algae. BMC Evol. Biol., 17, 243 (article ID).
Keywords: Multicellularity; Volvocine algae; Tetrabaena socialis; DRP1
Strain(s): 5714121 
PubMed: 29212441
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1091-z

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