| Strain number | NIES-3784 | |||
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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) | (----) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | ||||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater | |||
| History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2014-11-28) | |||
| Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Apr] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6/2
;
AF-6/3
Temperature: 24 C Light intensity: 13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | ||||
| Cell size (min - max) | ||||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Phototaxis ; F1 clone of NIES-3780 ; Homothallic ; Monoecious with male ; Oogamy | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : VO4-F1-1 | |||
| Remarks | Axenic; Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" | |||
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| Reference |
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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 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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