Strain number NIES-610  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Planktothrix rubescens (DC. ex Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek  
Synonym Oscillatoria rubescens DC. ex Gomont  
Former name Oscillatoria agardhii Gomont  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Gjersjøen, Norway  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < CCAP;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Romstad (1971-**-**)  
Identified by Suda, Shoichiro (Reidentify)  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CBMA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB045959 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Toxicity (Sano et al. 1995b) ; Type strain  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : CCAP 1459/22; NIVA CYA 18
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Toxicity 
Movie  
Reference
Kaya, K., Sano, T. 2016 Chapter 18. Cyanobacterial retinoids. In Handbook of cyanobacterial monitoring and cyanotoxin analysis, Eds. byMeriluoto, J., Spoof, L., Codd, G. A., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. pp. 173-178.
Strain(s): 364445462045126101222 
DOI: 10.1002/9781119068761.ch18

Shimizu, K., Sano, T., Kubota, R., Kobayashi, N., Tahara, M., Obama, T., Sugimoto, N., Nishimura, T., Ikarashi, Y. 2014 Effects of the amino acid constituents of microcystin variants on cytotoxicity to primary cultured rat hepatocytes. Toxins, 6, 168-179.
Keywords: microcystin; variants; cytotoxicity; primary cultured rat hepatocytes; environmental water
Strain(s): 90595610928 
PubMed: 24380975
DOI: 10.3390/toxins6010168

Kaya, K., Shiraishi, F., Uchida, H., Sano, T. 2011 A novel retinoic acid analogue, 7-hydroxy retinoic acid, isolated from cyanobacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Gen. Subj., 1810, 414-419.
Keywords: 7-hydroxy retinoic acid; RAR agonistic activity; cyanobacteria; UV stability
Strain(s): 444546512610931 
PubMed: 21145941
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2010.11.009

Hosoya, R., Hamana, K., Isobe, M., Yokota, A. 2005 Polyamine distribution profiles within Cyanobacteria. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 21, 3-8.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; spermidine
Strain(s): 19212228303437414445507378798081204208510512515592593610843846847209320962098210021022107210821182119212321242125212621282129213121323259327532763277 

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 192122232425262728293031323334353637383940414445465051525354555658596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261262263266267268287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310312313329334337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

Suda, S., Watanabe, M. M., Otsuka, S., Mahakahant, A., Yongmanitchai, W., Nopartnaraporn, N., Liu, Y., Day, J. G. 2002 Taxonomic revision of water-bloom-forming species of oscillatorioid cyanobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 52, 1577-1595.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; water bloom; oscillatorioid; nomenclature; taxonomy
Strain(s): 204205207594595596610844845846847905911912913915916917918 
PubMed: 12361260
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-5-1577

Pan, H., Song, L., Liu, Y., Börner, T. 2002 Detection of hepatotoxic Microcystis strains by PCR with intact cells from both culture and environmental samples. Arch. Microbiol., 178, 421-427.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Microcystis; Microcystin; Toxin; Peptide synthetase; Whole-cell PCR
Strain(s): 429098101595610 
PubMed: 12420161
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-002-0464-9

Sano, T. & Kaya, K. 1996 Oscillapeptin G, a tyrosinase inhibitor from toxic Oscillatoria agardhii. J. Nat. Prod., 59, 90-92.
Strain(s): 610 

Sano, T. & Kaya, K. 1995b A 2-amino-2-butenoic acid (Dhb)-containing microcystin isolated from Oscillatoria agardhii. Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 8603-8606.
Strain(s): 610 
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)01824-2

Sano, T. & Kaya, K. 1995a Oscillamide Y, a chymotrypsin inhibitor from toxic Oscillatoria agardhii. Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 5933-5936.
Strain(s): 610 
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)01198-Q

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