Strain number | NIES-3780 | |||
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Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
Scientific name | Volvox africanus G.S.West | |||
Synonym | ||||
Former name | ||||
Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
Locality (Date of collection) | Lake Biwa, Oroshimo-cho, Kusatsu Shiga, Japan (2013-07-03) | |||
Latitude / Longitude | 35.073889 / 135.931944 | |||
Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Lake water) | |||
History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2013-07-03) | |||
Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr] | |||
Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6/2
;
AF-6/3
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 12-23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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Gene information | Whole-genome ( BNCO01000001-BNCO01000448 ) , ITS2 ( LC090159 ) , atpB ( LC090150 ) , rbcL ( LC090149 ) , psaA ( LC090151 ) , psaB ( LC090152 ) , psbC ( LC090153 ) , MID ( LC274875 LC274876 ) , sex determining region ( LC582540 LC586641 LC586642 ) | |||
Cell size (min - max) | ||||
Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
Characteristics | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious with male ; Oogamy ; F1 strain (NIES-3784) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2021) | |||
Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 2013-0703-VO4 | |||
Remarks | Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" | |||
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Reference |
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Yamagishi, S., Yamamoto, K., Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H.
2024
Evolutionary analysis of MID homologs during the transition from homothallic species to heterothallic species in Volvox sect. Volvox (Chlorophyceae).
Phycol. Res.,
72,
46-55.
Keywords: male gamete; mating system; minus dominance gene (MID); molecular evolution; sex; sperm packet; volvocine green algae Strain(s): 289, 456, 460, 541, 544, 545, 569, 572, 574, 582, 652, 653, 654, 732, 851, 852, 857, 872, 891, 892, 1362, 1363, 1708, 1710, 1859, 2457, 2569, 2735, 2736, 2740, 3382, 3383, 3780, 3782, 3786, 3874, 3984, 3986, 3988, 4021, 4025, 4336, 4432, 4535, 4536, 4537 DOI: 10.1111/pre.12538 Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Mahakham, W., Heman, W., Sekimoto, H., Kawachi, M., Minakuchi, Y., Toyoda, A., Nozaki, H. 2023 Expanded male sex-determining region conserved during the evolution of homothallism in the green alga Volvox. iScience, 26, 106893 (article ID). Strain(s): 3780, 3785, 3786, 4468 PubMed: 37378338 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106893 Nozaki, H., Mahakham, W., Heman W., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M. 2022 Morphology, mating system and taxonomy of Volvox africanus (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) from Thailand. Bot. Stud., 63, 1 (article ID). Strain(s): 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 4467, 4468 PubMed: 35061120 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-022-00332-1 Yamamoto, K., Hamaji, T., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, F., Nishimura, Y., Kawachi, M., Noguchi, H., Minakuchi, YY., Umen, J. G., Toyoda, A., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three genomes in the algal genus Volvox reveal the fate of a haploid sex-determining region after a transition to homothallism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 118, e2100712118 (article ID). Keywords: Volvox; evolution; heterothallism; homothallism; sex Strain(s): 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786 PubMed: 34011609 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2100712118 Takahashi, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Ootsuki, R., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Sekimoto, H., Higashiyama, T., Nozaki, H. 2021 Three sex phenotypes in a haploid algal species give insights into the evolutionary transition to a self-compatible mating system. Evolution, 75, 2984-2993. Keywords: Haploid species; inbreeding; life-history evolution; mating systems; reproductive isolation; sex Strain(s): 456, 460, 541, 544, 731, 732, 872, 891, 892, 1362, 1363, 2569, 3382, 3383, 3780, 3782, 4066, 4068, 4479, 4480, 4481, 4482, 4483, 4484 PubMed: 34250602 DOI: 10.1111/evo.14306 Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Repeated evolution and reversibilityof self-fertilization in the volvocinegreen algae. Evolution, 72, 386-398. Keywords: Haploid; phylogenetics; self-fertilization; sex; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae Strain(s): 289, 418, 456, 458, 460, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782 PubMed: 29134623 DOI: 10.1111/evo.13394 Gaouda, H., Hamaji, T., Yamamoto, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Suzuki, M., Noguchi, H., Minakuchi, Y., Toyoda, A., Fujiyama, A., Nozaki, H., Smith, D. R. 2018 Exploring the limits and causes of plastid genome expansion in volvocine green algae. Genome Biol. Evol., 10, 2248-2254. Keywords: Eudorina; genome expansion; mutational hazard hypothesis; Volvox; Yamagishiella Strain(s): 3780, 3982, 3984 PubMed: 30102347 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy175 Hanschen, E. R., Herron, M. D., Wiens, J. J., Nozaki, H., Michod, R. E. 2018 Multicellularity drives the evolution of sexual traits. Am. Nat., 192, E93-E10. Keywords: sex; volvocine green algae; multicellularity; ancestral state; reconstruction; anisogamy; sexual dimorphism Strain(s): 289, 418, 421, 456, 458, 460, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 857, 872, 875, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 883, 891, 892, 1038, 1362, 1711, 1713, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782 PubMed: 30125231 DOI: 10.1086/698301 Hanschen, E. R., Davison, D. R., Ferris, P. J., Michod, R. E. 2018 On the rediscovery of Volvox perglobator (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) and the evolution of outcrossing from self-fertilization. Evol. Ecol. Res., 19, 299-318. Keywords: homothallism; phylogenetics; reversion; self-fertilization; sexual reproduction; volvocine green algae Strain(s): 289, 421, 456, 458, 460, 474, 522, 541, 543, 544, 545, 564, 566, 568, 569, 571, 572, 574, 578, 582, 653, 732, 751, 851, 856, 872, 876, 877, 878, 880, 882, 1038, 1122, 1140, 1148, 1156, 1157, 1362, 1708, 1711, 1713, 1859, 2457, 2569, 2738, 3382, 3388, 3780, 3782, 3986, 4145, 4258, 4259, 4260 Yamamoto, K., Kawai-Toyooka, H., Hamaji, T., Tsuchikane, Y., Mori, T., Takahashi, F., Sekimoto, H., Ferris, P. J., Nozaki, H. 2017 Molecular evolutionary analysis of a gender-limited MID ortholog from the homothallic species Volvox africanus with male and monoecious spheroids. PLoS One, 12, e0180313 (article ID). Strain(s): 3780, 3782, 3783, 3785, 3786, 3986, 4110, 4111 PubMed: 28665990 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180313 Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Yamamoto, K., Kawachi, M., Takahashi, F. 2015 Delineating a new heterothallic species of Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) using new strains of “Volvox africanus”. PLoS One, 10, e0142632 (article ID). Strain(s): 863, 3780, 3781, 3782, 3783, 3784, 3785, 3786 PubMed: 26562165 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142632 |
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