Strain number NIES-2086  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Prochlorococcus marinus S.W.Chisholm, S.L.Frankel, R.Goericke, R.J.Olson, B.Palenik, J.B.Waterbury, L.West-Johnsrud & E.R.Zettler  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton  
Locality (Date of collection) Sargasso Sea, area of the North Atlantic Ocean, (1988-05-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 30 /  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < Kawachi, Masanobu < CCMP  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Frankel, S.; West-Johnsrud, L. (1991-01-01)  
Identified by  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  PRO-99  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  3 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  21 D  
Gene information ispA ( AY998077 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular; Non-flagellate 
Characteristics Picoplankton  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : CCMP1377
Other strain no. : SS52  
Remarks Unstable 
Movie  
Reference
Isaji, Y., Yoshikawa, C., Ogawa, N. O., Matsumoto, K., Makabe, A., Toyoda, S., Ishikawa, N. F., Ogawa, H., Saito, H., Honda, M. C., Ohkouchi, N. 2022 Nitrogen sources for phytoplankton in the Eastern Indian Ocean determined from δ15N of chlorophyll a and divinylchlorophyll a. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 23, e2021GC010057 (article ID).
Strain(s): 208628852887 
DOI: 10.1029/2021GC010057

Komatsu, H., Wada, K., Kanjoh, T., Miyashita, H., Sato, M., Kawachi, M., Kobayashi, M. 2016 Unique chlorophylls in picoplankton Prochlorococcus sp. “Physicochemical properties of divinyl chlorophylls, and the discovery of monovinyl chlorophyll b as well as divinyl chlorophyll b in the species Prochlorococcus NIES-2086.” Photosynth. Res., 130, 445-467.
Keywords: Chlorophyll; Divinyl chlorophyll; Pheophytin; Photosynthesis; Prochlorococcus
Strain(s): 2086208728843376 
PubMed: 27334004
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-016-0283-5

Hamana, K., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Niitsu, M. 2016 Additional analysis of cyanobacterial polyamines ─ Distributions of spermidine, homospermidine, spermine, and thermospermine within the phylum Cyanobacteria. ─ Microb. Resour. Syst., 32, 179-186.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; thermospermine
Strain(s): 208620872134241225393373 

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