Strain number NIES-4550  
Phylum Streptophyta  
Class Zygnematophyceae  
Scientific name Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Desmid  
Locality (Date of collection) The rice terraces of Negoshioki, Nagano, Nagano, Japan (2007-07-28)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.495278 / 137.964083 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Vegetative cell germinated from a zygospore)  
History < Tsuchikane, Yuki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Tsuchikane, Yuki (2008-08-05)  
Identified by Tsuchikane, Yuki  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  14-17 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( CANJKZ000000000 )  
Cell size (min - max) 137 - 203 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Homothallic ; Isogamou ; Genome decoded strain (Kawaguchi et al. 2023)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Naga37s-1  
Remarks  
Movie  
Reference
Kawaguchi, Y. W., Tsuchikane, Y., Tanaka, K., Taji, T., Suzuki, Y., Toyoda, A., Ito, M., Watano, Y., Nishiyama, T., Sekimoto, H., Tsuchimatsu, T. 2023 Extensive copy number variation explains genome size variation in the unicellular Zygnematophycean alga, Closterium peracerosum–strigosum–littorale complex. Genome Biol. Evol., 15, evad115 (article ID).
Keywords: gene duplication; dosage compensation; copy number variation; green algae
Strain(s): 53545859626364656826126664319432043214548455045514552 
PubMed: 37348049
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad115

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