Strain number | NIES-2739 | |||
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Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
Scientific name | Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki | |||
Synonym | ||||
Former name | ||||
Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
Locality (Date of collection) | A small pond to Isanuma Pond, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan (2009-04-23) | |||
Latitude / Longitude | 35.92161111 / 139.51483333 | |||
Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond water) | |||
History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2009-04-23) | |||
Identified by | Isaka, Nanako; Matsuzaki, Ryo; Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Jan] | |||
Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 15-27 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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Gene information | 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-26S ( AB663330 ) , rbcL ( AB663328 ) , psbC ( AB663329 ) | |||
Cell size (min - max) | ||||
Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
Characteristics | Mixotrophic ; Phototaxis ; Authentic strain (Isaka 2012) ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming ; Life cycle (Isaka et al. 2012) | |||
Other strain no. |
Other collection strain no. : UTEX 2967
Other strain no. : I-ro |
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Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
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Reference |
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Hanschen, E. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E.
2014
Early evolution of the genetic basis for soma in the Volvocaceae.
Evolution,
68,
2014-2025.
Keywords: Gene duplication; germ-soma differentiation; major transitions; multicellularity; regA; Volvox Strain(s): 2739 PubMed: 4689915 DOI: 10.1111/evo.12416 Isaka, N., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Matsuzaki, R., Nakada, T., Nozaki, H. 2012 Description of two new monoecious species of Volvox sect. Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae), based on comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of cultured material. J. Phycol., 48, 759-767. Keywords: Chlorophyceae; cultures; molecular phylogeny; morphology; taxonomy; Volvocaceae; Volvox ferrisii sp. nov.; Volvox kirkiorum sp. nov.; Volvox sect. Volvox Strain(s): 543, 2736, 2737, 2738, 2739, 2740 PubMed: 27011093 DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01142.x |
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