CC-1888 C. moewusii var. rotunda mt- [UTEX 577]

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From the University of Texas Algal Collection (UTEX), May 1985

This strain was isolated from soil from a rice field in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in 1952. Tsubo identified it as a variety of C. moewusii. Both mating types were recovered from the original soil sample, and mating was obtained. However, Tsubo was unable to obtain agglutination or fusion with the principal laboratory strains of either C. moewusii or C. eugametos. Wiese and Wiese confirmed this lack of interfertility, and assigned the var. rotunda strains the designation of C. moewusii syngen III.


Tsubo Y (1961) Chemotaxis and Sexual Behavior in Chlamydomonas. J Protozool 8:114-121

Wiese L, Wiese W (1977) On Speciation by Evolution of Gametic Incompatibility: A Model Case in Chlamydomonas Amer. Nat 111:733-742