| Strain number | NIES-4017 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Astrephomene gubernaculifera Pocock | |||
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| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Green alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Yokota, Sodegaura, Chiba, Japan (2014-07-21) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 35.389750 / 140.026722 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Sediment) | |||
| History | < Yamashita, Shota; Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Yamashita, Shota (2014-10-02) | |||
| Identified by | Yamashita, Shota | |||
| State of strain | Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic[2018 Mar] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 20 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 14 D |
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| Gene information | rbcL ( LC188997 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 8 - 20 μm | |||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Mixotrophic ; Heterotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Heterothallic ; Isogamous ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting spore-forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 2014-1002-YkAs8 | |||
| Remarks | Cryopreserved | |||
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| Reference |
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Yamashita, S., Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Shigekatsu, S., Yamaguchi, H., Hirooka, S., Minakuchi, Y., Miyagishima, S., Masanobu, M., Atsushi, T., Hisayoshi, N.
2021
Genome sequencing of the multicellular alga Astrephomene provides insights into convergent evolution of germ-soma differentiation.
Sci Rep,
11,
22231 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4017 PubMed: 34811380 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01521-x Yamashita, S., Arakaki, Y., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Noga, A., Hirono, M., Nozaki, H. 2016 Alternative evolution of a spheroidal colony in volvocine algae: developmental analysis of embryogenesis in Astrephomene (Volvocales, Chlorophyta). BMC Evol. Biol., 16, 243 (article ID). Strain(s): 4017, 4018 PubMed: 27829356 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0794-x |
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