Strain number NIES-2527  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Mamiellophyceae  
Scientific name Micromonas commoda Baren, Bachy & Worden  
Synonym  
Former name Formerly identified as Micromonas pusilla, named based on Matsuzaki et al. 2014.[2024 Aug]  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Ginowan Marina Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan (2007-05-18)  
Latitude / Longitude 26.27944444 / 127.73055555 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Suda, Shoichiro < Anahara, Tomohide  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Anahara, Tomohide (2007-05-18)  
Identified by Identified by DNA analysis at NIES  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  32-34 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 18S rRNA ( LC806246 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Red tide  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : GnwM  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Reference
Matsuzaki, R., Noël, M.-H., Kawachi, M. 2024 Molecular identification of Micromonas (Mamiellales, Mamiellophyceae) strains from Japan maintained in the Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Microb. Resour. Syst., 40, 47-51.
Keywords: culture collection; marine microalga; picoplankton; prasinophyte; biodiversity
Strain(s): 14111412141325272528252925303660366136623663366436654096 

Suda, S. 2008 Isolation, cultivation and phylogenetic studies of microalgae, particularly prasinophytes from coastal waters of the Nansei Islands, Japan. IFO Res. Commun., 22, 53-62 (in Japanese with English summary).
Keywords: microalgae; picoeukaryotic plankton; prasinophytes; Ryukyu Islands; zooxanthellae
Strain(s): 25272528252925302531 

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