Strain number NIES-4110  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox reticuliferus Nozaki  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Refer to NIES-3781, 3782 and 3783  
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 Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6/3  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; F1 progeny strain of NIES-3781, 3782 and 3783 (sibling strain of NIES-3785 and NIES-3786) ; Dioecious ; Female  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : VO123-F1-9  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Yamamoto, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Mori, T., Takahashi, F., Sekimoto, H., Ferris, P. J., Nozaki, H. 2017 Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids. PLoS One, 12, e0180313 (article ID).
Strain(s): 37803782378337853786398641104111 
PubMed: 28665990
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180313

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