The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-933  
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  
Common name Blue-green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Little Rideau Lake Ontario Canada (-----)  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < PCC;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Gorham, P. R.; Carmichael, W. W. (1954-**-**)  
Identified by -----  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Cryopreservation  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  CTMA  
Temperature: 25 C
Light intensity: 20-30 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko); Toxic ST 21 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : PCC 7941
Other strain no. : NRC-1 (SS-17)  
Remarks Toxic; Cryopreserved 

Reference
1166)   Tanabe, Y., Kasai, F., Watanabe, M. M. 2007 Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) reveals high genetic diversity and clonal population structure of the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Microbiology, 153, 3695-3703. , Strain(s): 44878889909198991001011021031041051061071081091101111122982994786048439019331050105110521053105410551056105710581059106010611062106310641065106610671068106910701072107510761077108510901091109210931094109510961097109811001101110211031104110511061107110811131114111511221123112411251126112711281129113011311132113311341135113611371138113911401141114211431144114511461147114811491150115111521153115511561157115911601161116211631164117011711172120912111213121412151216121712181219122012211222122312241225122612271228122912301231123212331234123512361237123812391240124112421243124412451251125212531254