Strain number NIES-4024  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Tsukui, Kanagawa, Japan (2013-06-14)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.588867 / 139.271533 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozaki, Hisayoshi (2013-06-14)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  20 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( LC191311 ) , rbcL ( LC191319 ) , psbC ( LC191329 )  
Cell size (min - max) 10 - 60 μm  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Other water bloom ; Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Oogamy ; Haploid life cycle ; Resting zygote forming  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 14-614-Vx02  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Ueki, N., Isaka, N., Saigo, T., Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Takahashi, F., Wakabayashi, K-I., Kawachi, M. 2016 A new morphological type of Volvox from japanese large lakes and recent divergence of this type and V. ferrisii in two different freshwater habitats. PLoS One, 11, e0167148 (article ID).
Strain(s): 273627373987398840214022402340244025402640274028 
PubMed: 27880842
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167148

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