Strain number NIES-89  
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 aeruginosa (Kützing) Lemmermann f. aeruginosa  
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:  MA  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  20-30 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( U03403 ) , 16S-23S-ITS ( AB254439 ) , 16S rRNA, tRNA-Ile ( AM773539 ) , ftsZ ( AB324853 ) , glnA ( AB324932 ) , gltX ( AB325011 ) , gyrB ( AB325090 ) , mcnC, mcnE ( AB481218 AM773667 ) , mcyA ( AB110104 AJ515459 ) , mcyD ( AB110115 AY424988 ) , mcyE ( AY382530 ) , mcyG ( AB110126 ) , mcyJ ( AB110137 ) , mdnB ( FN668541 ) , cpcB, cpcA ( AB110149 ) , pgi ( AB325169 ) , recA ( AB325248 ) , tpi ( AB325327 ) , promoter region between mcyA and mcyD ( AB254422 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST4 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KW-MA2-5  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Toxicity 
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