Strain number NIES-4468  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox africanus G.S.West  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Nong Ya Ma Reservoir, Yang Talat District, Kalasin Province, Thailand (2019-11-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 16.470708333 / 103.273763889 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Reservoir water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Mahakham, Wuttipon  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Mahakham, Wuttipong (2019-11-01)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic[2022 Oct]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  AF-6/3AF-6  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  22-25 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BSDZ01000000 ) , 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC631309 ) , psbC ( LC631311 ) , psaA ( LC631312 ) , psaB ( LC631313 ) , atpB ( LC631314 ) , rbcL ( LC631315 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Dioecious ; Homothallic ; Genome decoded strain (Yamamoto et al. 2023)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 1101-NZ-11  
Remarks Fragile species to transportation stresses; Read and agree "How to order 4.1" 
Movie  
Reference
Yamamoto, K., Matsuzaki, R., Mahakham, W., Heman, W., Sekimoto, H., Kawachi, M., Minakuchi, Y., Toyoda, A., Nozaki, H. 2023 Expanded male sex-determining region conserved during the evolution of homothallism in the green alga Volvox. iScience, 26, 106893 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3780378537864468 
PubMed: 37378338
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106893

Nozaki, H., Mahakham, W., Heman W., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M. 2022 Morphology, mating system and taxonomy of Volvox africanus (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) from Thailand. Bot. Stud., 63, 1 (article ID).
Strain(s): 378037813782378344674468 
PubMed: 35061120
DOI: 10.1186/s40529-022-00332-1

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