Strain number NIES-3952  
Phylum Cryptophyta  
Class Cryptophyceae  
Scientific name Cryptomonas sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan (2012-01-26)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.03583333 / 140.40361111 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Kawachi, Masanobu  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kawachi, Masanobu (2012-01-26)  
Identified by Kawachi, Masanobu  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2022 Jan]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  4-8 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information plastid DNA ( LC648965 ) , 18S rRNA ( LC647573 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Flagellate 
Characteristics Genome decoded strain (Suzuki et al. 2022)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KKAS-11  
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Suzuki, S., Matsuzaki, R., Yamaguchi, H., Kawachi, M. 2022 What happend before losses of photosynthesis in Cryptophyte algae? Mol. Biol. Evol., 39, msac001 (article ID).
Keywords: cryptophyte; Cryptomonas borealis: genome evolution; mixotrophy; photosynthetic loss
Strain(s): 276281345348698703715100510061327137517302331233227163952 
PubMed: 35079797
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msac001

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