Background strain: CC-5415

CC-5415 is a mt+ Chlamydomonas strain with the nit1 agg1 mutations. It’s also known as Witman g1. It was chosen for the CLiP2 library because it has a cell wall, it has strong negative phototaxis, it swims well, and it propagates well robotically. Below is the strain page at the Chlamydomonas Resource Center:

https://www.chlamycollection.org/product/cc-5415-nit1-agg1-mt-witman-g1/

It comes free with every CLiP mutant order - you don't need to order it separately.