Strain number NIES-168  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Closterium calosporum Wittrock var. galiciense Gutwinski  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) Hoshidate, Iriomote Isl., Okinawa, Japan (1973-03-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Watanabe, Masayuki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ichimura, Terunobu  
Identified by Watanabe, Masayuki  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CA  
Temperature:  20 (20) C
Light intensity:  7-8 (10-17) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M (1 M)  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Heterothallic: Mating type (−) ; Crosses with NIES-165  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : R-11-5  
Remarks Axenic 
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