Strain number NIES-127  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Closterium acerosum Ehrenberg ex Ralfs  
Synonym Vibrio acerosum Schrank 1803; Closterium sigmoideum Lagerheim & Nordstedt 1893  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Stream sediment)  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nishihama, Yuji  
Identified by Niiyama, Yuko  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C  
Temperature:  20 (20) C
Light intensity:  7-8 (13-21) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M (1 M)  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Homothallic  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM C-435
Other strain no. : H-2-2  
Remarks Axenic 
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