| Strain number | NIES-4068 | |||
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| Phylum | Chlorophyta | |||
| Class | Chlorophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Volvox tertius Art.Meyer | |||
| Synonym | Merillosphaera tertia (Art.Meyer) W.R.Shaw 1922; Heterotypic synonyms; Volvox bernardii Playfair null; Volvox mononae G.M.Smith 1920; Merrillosphaera migulae W.R.Shaw 1922 | |||
| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Green alga ; Volvocine alga | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Ninepipe Reservoir, Montana, USA (2014-07-28) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 47.45541667 / | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Freshwater (Reservoir water) | |||
| History | < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Yamamoto, Kayoko | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Yamamoto, Kayoko (2014-07-28) | |||
| Identified by | Nozaki, Hisayoshi | |||
| State of strain | Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
AF-6
;
VTAC
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 1 M |
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| Gene information | rbcL ( LC215631 ) , atpB ( LC215630 ) , psab ( LC215629 ) , psaA ( LC215628 ) , psbC ( LC215627 ) , ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ( LC215411 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | ||||
| Organization | Colonial; Flagellate | |||
| Characteristics | Phototaxis ; Homothallic ; Dioecious | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : 1-3 k-4 | |||
| Remarks | Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1"; Axenic | |||
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| Reference |
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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 Nozaki. H., Mahakham, W., Athibai, S., Yamamoto, K., Takusagawa, M., Misumi, O., Herron, M. D., Rosenzweig, F., Kawachi, M. 2017 Rediscovery of the species of ‘ancestral Volvox’: morphology and phylogenetic position of Pleodorina sphaerica (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) from Thailand. Phycologia, 56, 469-475. Keywords: Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Pleodorina; Pleodorina sphaerica; Sexuality; Somatic cell; Volvox Strain(s): 4066, 4067, 4068, 4069 PubMed: 29375162 DOI: 10.2216/17-3.1 |
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