| Strain number | NIES-4029 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox ferrisii Isaka, Matsuzaki & Nozaki | |||
| Synonym | ||||
| Former name | Volvox rousseletii | |||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Machi-ike Pond, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (1998-06-**) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 36.144528 / 140.134917 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Pond water) | |||
| History | < Ueki, Noriko | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Ueki, Noriko (1998-06-**) | |||
| Identified by | Ueki, Noriko (Reidentify) | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May] | |||
|
Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6
;
VTAC
Temperature: 22 C Light intensity: 21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 14 D |
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| Gene information | 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( GU325798 ) , psaB ( GU325794 ) , psaA ( GU325792 ) , rbcL ( GU325796 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | 300 - 1000 μm | |||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Monoecious ; Oogamy ; Resting zygote forming | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : MI01 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
| Movie | ||||
| Reference |
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Ueki, N. & Wakabayashi, K.
2025
Multicellularity and increasing Reynolds number impact on the evolutionary shift in flash-induced ciliary response in Volvocales.
BMC Ecol. Evol.,
24,
119 (article ID).
Strain(s): 544, 545, 564, 571, 574, 576, 717, 728, 730, 731, 734, 867, 868, 882, 891, 1711, 2569, 3780, 3785, 4029, 4127, 4270, 4662 PubMed: 39277710 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02307-1 Ueki, N., Wakabayashi, K. 2018 Detergent-extracted Volvox model exhibits an anterior–posterior gradient in flagellar Ca2+ sensitivity. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 115, E1061-E1068 (article ID). Keywords: flagella; calcium; phototaxis; Volvox Strain(s): 4029 PubMed: 29311312 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1715489115 Ueki, N., Matsunaga, S., Inouye, I., Hallmann, A. 2010 How 5000 independent rowers coordinate their strokes in order to row into the sunlight: Phototaxis in the multicellular green alga Volvox. BMC Biol., 8, 103 (article ID). Strain(s): 4029 PubMed: 20663212 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-103 |
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