The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-1516  
Phylum Rhodophyta   Class Florideophyceae 
Scientific name Thorea okadae Yamada  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Red alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Kikuchi River, Bunda Bridge Yamaga Kumamoto Japan (2003-04-24)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Ishimoto, Miwa  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ishimoto, Miwa (2003-06-12)  
Identified by Higa, Atsushi  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  Bold 3N  
Temperature: 15 C
Light intensity: 3-12 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1-2 M  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization  
Characteristics Autotrophic; Benthic Epilithic; Sporophyte; Dioecious; VU  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KIK-76  
Remarks  

Reference
166)   Hamana, K., Niitsu, M. 2006 Cellular polyamines of lower eukaryotes belonging to the phyla Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta, Cryptophyta, Haptophyta and Percolozoa. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 52, 235-240. , Keywords: Cryptophyta; Glaucophyta; Haptophyta; Perclozoa; polyamine; Rhodophyta , Strain(s): 82742762772823533886997067157417637641016101710321036133214411456145714621463146714731516