Strain number NIES-2570  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Chlamydomonas pseudoplanoconvexa Desikachary  
Synonym Chlamydomonas planoconvexa M.O.P.Iyengar; Chlamydomonas neoplanoconvexa T.Nakada  
Former name Chlamydomonas neoplanoconvexa (Iyengar) Nakada  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) The floodplain of Tama River, Kusabana, Akiruno, Tokyo, Japan (2006-04-03)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.74138888 / 139.31638888 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Sediment)  
History < Nakada, Takashi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nakada, Takashi (2008-07-30)  
Identified by Nakada, Takashi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 Dec]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MG  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-18 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( AB602849 ) , psaB ( AB602851 ) , rbcL ( AB602850 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Authentic strain, Epitype  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : IiS0801D6  
Remarks Axenic; Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Reference
Nakada, T. & Tomita, M. 2011 Chlamydomonas neoplanoconvexa nom. nov. and its unique phylogenetic position within Volvocales (Chlorophyceae). Phycol. Res., 59, 194-199.
Keywords: Caudivolvoxa; Chlamydomonas neoplanoconvexa nom. nov.; molecular phylogeny; morphology; pyrenoid; Volvocales
Strain(s): 2570 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1835.2011.00617.x

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