Strain Data

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Strain number	NIES-45
Phylum	Cyanophyta	Class	Cyanophyceae
Scientific name	Arthrospira platensis (Nordstedt) Gomont
Synonym	Arthrospira platensis Gomont
Former name	Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler
Common name	Blue-green alga
Locality (Date of collection)	Lake Kasumigaura Ibaraki Japan (1975-11-**)
Habitat (Isolation source)	Freshwater (Lake water)
History	< IAM (1983);
Isolator (Date of isolation)	Watanabe, Makoto M.; Ichimura, Terunobu (1975-11-**)
Identified by	Watanabe, Makoto M.
State of strain	Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic
Preservation state (State of preservation)	Cryopreservation
Culture condition ( Preculture condition )	Medium: MA 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	Filamentous
Characteristics	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko)
Other strain no.	Other collection strain no. : IAM M-184 Other strain no. : KAS-6-50
Remarks	Cryopreserved

Reference
220) Hirabayashi, R., Imamura, N. 2003 Action mechanism of a selective anti-cyanobacterial compound, argimicin A. J. Antibiotics, 56, 154-159. , Strain(s): 41, 45, 81, 102, 204, 230, 298, 592 270) Ichimura, T., Itoh, T. 1977 17. Preservation methods of microalgae (I) [17. Bisaisôrui no hozonhô (I)]. In Preservation methods of microorganisms [Biseibutsu Hozonhô], Ed. by Nei, T., University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, p. 355-373 (in Japanese without English title). , Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 122, 123, 127, 131, 144, 152, 173, 175, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 198, 200, 203, 206, 217, 226, 227, 241, 266, 267, 268, 271, 295, 309, 310, 334, 338, 379, 436, 448, 450, 455, 527 429) Kaya, K., Shiraishi, F., Uchida, H., Sano, T. 2011 A novel retinoic acid analogue, 7-hydroxy retinoic acid, isolated from cyanobacteria. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1810, 414-419. , Keywords: 7-hydroxy retinoic acid; RAR agonistic activity; cyanobacteria; UV stability , Strain(s): 44, 45, 46, 512, 610, 931 632) 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): 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 137, 138, 139, 144, 147, 148, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 248, 257, 259, 261, 262, 263, 266, 267, 268, 271, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 295, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 329, 334, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 349, 351, 359, 360, 361, 362, 375, 378, 379, 380, 382, 384, 385, 390, 394, 396, 397, 398, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428, 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 464, 468, 469, 474, 478, 479, 480, 481, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 509, 510, 512, 514, 515, 522, 523, 524, 527, 528, 529, 530, 531, 532, 536, 537, 538, 539, 540, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 564, 565, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579, 580, 581, 582, 583, 584, 585, 592, 593, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 604, 610, 628, 630, 631, 632, 633, 634, 635, 636, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 661, 662, 663, 664, 665, 666, 667, 672, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 717, 718, 719, 720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729 1109) Suzuki, S., Tazawa, R., Miya, A., Adachi, T., Kanki, R., Toyobe, M., Oguchi, M. 1994 Gas revitalization by microalgae. I. Studies on species and culture condition. CELSS J., 7, 23-28 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: microalgae; Spirulina; SOT medium; culture condition; CO2/O2 gas exchange system , Strain(s): 39, 45, 46 1266) Watanabe, M. M. 1977 Biosystematics in Closterium of sexual unicellular green algae and Calothrix and Spirulina of asexual filamentous blue-green algae, with special reference to the analyses of natural populations. Thesis D. Sci., Hokkaido University, 114 pp., 28 tables, 54 figs. , Strain(s): 39, 45, 46, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 261, 262, 266, 268 1270) Watanabe, M. M., Ichimura, T. 1977 Fresh- and salt-water forms of Spirulina platensis in axenic cultures. Bull. Jpn. Soc. Phycol., 25, *Suppl. (Mem. Iss. Yamada),* 371-377. , Strain(s): 39, 45, 46 1278) Watanabe, M. M., Kasai, F., Hiwatari, T., Suda, S., Nei, T. 1984 Cryopreservation of microalgae in liquid nitrogen - Survival of algal cultures after freezing. Jpn. J. Freez. Dry., 30, 23-26 (in Japanese with English title). , Strain(s): 18, 19, 21, 24, 26, 29, 31, 39, 40, 41, 44, 45, 46, 50, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 80, 81, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 93, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 120, 122, 131, 135, 137, 144, 151, 204, 207, 213, 257, 263, 379, 415, 2219, 2235, 2239, 2579 1308) Watanabe, Y., Ohmura, N., Saiki, H. 1992 Microbial CO₂ fixation. 2. Isolation and determination of cultural characteristics of Chlorella strains which function under CO₂ enriched atmosphere. CRIEPI Kenkyû-Hôkoku, U92014, 1-21 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: climate change; CO2; CO2 fixation; microalgae; Chlorella , Strain(s): 27, 45, 92, 94, 122, 158, 204, 226, 227 1343) Yamaguchi, T., Kobayashi, Y., Adachi, K., Imamura, N. 2003 Argimicins B and C, new anti-cyanobacterial compounds produced by Sphingomonas sp. M-17. J. Antibiotics, 56, 655-657. , Strain(s): 45, 81, 102, 230, 298, 592