Strain number NIES-3709  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Geminocystis sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Mimomi Hongo Park, Narashino, Chiba, Japan (2013-11-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.684195 / 140.064770 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Hirose, Yuu < Katayama, Mitsunori  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katayama, Mitsunori (2013-11-01)  
Identified by Hirose, Yuu  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2015 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  6-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP014832 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Phototaxis ; chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2015a)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : CIT008  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
Giordano, M., Goodman, C. A., Huang, F., Raven, J. A., Ruan, Z. 2022 A mechanistic study of the influence of nitrogen and energy availability on the NH4+ sensitivity of nitrogen assimilation in Synechococcus. J. Exp. Bot., 73, 5596-5611.
Keywords: Ammonium; cyanobacteria; glutamine synthetase; limitation; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; NtcA regulation; N metabolism
Strain(s): 25502042678439709812107213421352481254937093754375637574074 
PubMed: 35595516
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac219

Hirose, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Watanabe, M., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T. 2017 Characterization of the genuine type 2 chromatic acclimation in the two Geminocystis cyanobacteria. DNA Res., 24, 387-396.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; chromatic acclimation; phycobilisome; cyanobacteriochrome
Strain(s): 37083709 
PubMed: 28338901
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsx011

Hirose, Y., Katayama, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Iioka, E., Suda, W., Oshima, K., Hanaoka, M., Tanaka, K., Eki, T., Ikeuchi, M., Kikuchi, Y., Ishida, M., Hattori, M. 2015b Complete genome sequence of cyanobacterium Geminocystis sp. strain NIES-3709, which harbors a phycoerythrin-rich phycobilisome. GenomeA, 3, e00385-15 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3709 
PubMed: 25931605
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00385-15

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