Strain number NIES-107  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Lemmermann  
Synonym Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing; Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère; Microcystis viridis (A.Brown) Lemmermann; Microcystis wesenbergii Komárek  
Former name Microcystis wesenbergii Komárek  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi, Japan (1981-06-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.5130910551 / 138.748515637 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Watanabe, Makoto M.  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Watanabe, Michiko H. (1981-06-**)  
Identified by Watanabe, Michiko H.  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CBMA  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( U40333 DQ648028 ) , cpcB, cpcA ( DQ648023 ) , ftsZ ( AB324862 ) , glnA ( AB324941 ) , gltX ( AB325020 ) , gyrB ( AB325099 ) , mcyA ( AB110108 ) , mcyD ( AB110119 ) , mcyE ( AY817158 ) , mcyG ( AB110130 ) , mcyJ ( AB110141 ) , pgi ( AB325178 ) , pilT ( AY973320 ) , recA ( AB325257 ) , tpi ( AB325336 ) , RPB ( HM991460 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST13 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KW-MW-7  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Toxicity 
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