Strain number NIES-103  
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 viridis (A.Brown) Lemmermann  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan (1978-12-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.0428477398 / 140.373233439 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < TAC;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Watanabe, Masayuki (1978-12-**)  
Identified by Watanabe, Masayuki  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MA  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB038530 ) , 16S-23S ITS ( AB015399 ) , 16S-23S-ITS ( AB254444 ) , gyrB ( AB014974 ) , mcnC, mcnE ( AB481221 ) , mcyA ( AB110107 ) , mcyD ( AB110118 ) , mcyG ( AB110129 ) , mcyJ ( AB110140 ) , ITS ( AB015399 ) , rpoC1 ( AB333830 ) , promoter region between mcyA and mcyD ( AB254425 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST10 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TAC 44 (K-TAN-44)  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Toxicity 
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