Volvox carteri f. nagariensis M.O.P.Iyengar

Publication details
Volvox carteri f. nagariensis M.O.P.Iyengar 1933: 371, pl. 28, fig. 18; text figs 7, A; 8, F

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Volvox is Volvox aureus Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

Type information
Type locality: River Nagari near Tirupati, South India (Silva 1996-to date). Type: M.S. Raghava Chari; In a drying pool in the bed of river. (Silva 1996-to date

Key references
Cheng, Q., Balzer, E., Miller, S.M., Yoshida, M., & Wong, J. C. (2006). Effect of histone deacetylase inhibitors on tubulin acetylation and development in Volvox carteri (Volvocales). Journal of Phycology 42: 417-422.

Herron, M.D., Desnitskiy, A.G. & Michod, R.E. (2010). Evolution of developmental programs in Volvox (Chlorophyta). Journal of Phycology 46(2): 316-324.

Nozaki, H. (1988). Morphology, sexual reproduction and taxonomy of Volvox carteri f. kawasakiensis f. nov. (Chlorophyta) from Japan. Phycologia 27((2)): 209-220.

Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. ..

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture LB 1875 Volvox carteri f. weismannia
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NCBI Nucleotide Sequences
As of 2 June 2009, nucleotide sequence data are available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank for 145,175 samples identified as Volvox carteri.

Created: 02 May 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 18 May 2010 by Wendy Guiry

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References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Meredith, R.F. & Starr, R.C. (1975). The genetic basis of male potency in Volvox carteri f. nagariensis (Chlorophyceae). Journal of Phycology 11: 265-272, 5 figs.
Starr, R.C. (1972). A working model for the control of differenciation during development of the embryo of Volvox carteri f. nagariensis. Soc. Bot. Fr., Mém. : 175-182.
Starr, R.C. (1974). Purification and characterization of the hormone initiating sexual morphogenesis in Volvox carteri f. nagariensis Iyengar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 71(4): 1050-1054.
Starr, R.C. (1975). Meiosis in Volvox carteri f. nagariensis. Archiv für Protistenkunde 117: 187-191.