Strain number NIES-1053  
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 novacekii (Komárek) Compère  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan (1978-02-21)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.0428477398 / 140.373233439 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < TAC;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Watanabe, Masayuki (1978-02-21)  
Identified by Watanabe, Masayuki  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MA  
Temperature:  18 C
Light intensity:  15-25 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information ftsZ ( AB324874 ) , glnA ( AB324953 ) , gltX ( AB325032 ) , gyrB ( AB325111 ) , pgi ( AB325190 ) , recA ( AB325269 ) , tpi ( AB325348 )  
Cell size (min - max) - 5 μm  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; microcystin (-) ; ST25 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TAC 19  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
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