Strain number NIES-4662  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Volvox sp. Sagami  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Green alga ; Volvocine alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Sotobori, Shinju-ku, Tokyo, Japan (2021-05-15)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.699994 / 139.742759 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Water)  
History < Nozaki, Hisayoshi < Ueki, Noriko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ueki, Noriko (2021-05-15)  
Identified by Nozaki, Hisayoshi  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  VTAC  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  15-21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 18S-ITS1-5.8S-ITS2-28S ( LC817964 ) , act1 ( LC817976 ) , rbcL ( LC817987 ) , psbC ( LC817993 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Colonial; Flagellate 
Characteristics Phototaxis ; Endemic to Japan ; Homothallic ; Monoecious  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : SB01  
Remarks  
Movie  
Reference
Nozaki, H., Matsuzaki, R., Shimotori, K., Ueki, N., Heman, W., Mahakham, W., Yamaguchi, H., Tanabe, Y., Kawachi, M. 2024 Two species of the green algae Volvox sect. Volvox from the Japanese ancient lake, Lake Biwa. PLoS One, 19, e0310549 (article ID).
Strain(s): 543273627403874402140224258425943364337443446614662 
PubMed: 39312548
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0310549

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