Strain number NIES-857  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Gonium viridistellatum M.Watanabe  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Gaunsli, Kathmandu, Nepal (1986-09-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Paddy soil)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (1988-05-11)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-12 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( AB520753 ) , atpB ( AB076117 ) , psaA ( AB076139 ) , psaB ( AB076155 ) , psbC ( AB076172 ) , rbcL ( AB076092 AB076093 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 88-511-9  
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2023 Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 72, 46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 28945646054154454556957257458265265365473285185285787289189213621363170817101859245725692735273627403382338337803782378638743984398639884021402543364432453545364537 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398.
Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae
Strain(s): 28941845645846054154354454556456656856957157257457858265373285185685787287587687787888088288389189210381362171117132457256927383382338837803782 
PubMed: 29134623
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394

Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10.
Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism
Strain(s): 28941842145645846052254154354454556456656856957157257457858265373275185185685787287587687787888088288389189210381362171117132457256927383382338837803782 
PubMed: 30125231
DOI: 10.1086/698301

Yamada, T., Nakada, T., Miyaji, K., Nozaki, H. 2006 Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Gonium multicoccum (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) newly found in Japan. J. Jpn. Bot., 81, 139-147.
Keywords: Chlorophyceae; Gonium multicoccum; ITS2; rbcL; Volvocales
Strain(s): 289569572653654851857103817071708170917111713 

Nozaki, H., Takahara, M., Nakazawa, A., Kita, Y., Yamada, T., Takano, H., Kawano, S., Kato, M. 2002 Evolution of rbcL group IA introns and intron open reading frames within the colonial Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 23, 326-338.
Strain(s): 289418582654857875883891892 
PubMed: 12099791
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00030-1

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