The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data

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Strain number NIES-46  
Phylum Cyanophyta   Class Cyanophyceae 
Scientific name Arthrospira(Spirulina) platensis (Nordstedt) Gomont  
Synonym Arthrospira platensis Gomont  
Former name Spirulina platensis (Gomont) Geitler  
Common name Blue-green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Texcoco Mexico (-----)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Salt water  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) (-----)  
Identified by -----  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2013 Jan]  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  SOT  
Temperature: 20(25) C
Light intensity: 4-10(60-70) µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 4 M(14 D)  
Gene information CpcB & CpcA ( DQ393288 )
Cell size (min - max) - 8 μm   Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) Hydrogen evolution  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-185
 
Remarks  

Reference
22)   Aoyama, K., Uemura, I., Miyake, J., Asada, Y. 1997 Fermentative metabolism to produce hydrogen gas and organic compounds in a cyanobacterium, Spirulina platensis. J. Ferment. Bioeng., 83, 17-20. , Keywords: Spirulina; hydrogen; organic acid; ethanol , Strain(s): 4698 

26)   Asada, Y., Kawamura, S. 1986 Screening for cyanobacteria that evolve molecular hydrogen under dark and anaerobic conditions. J. Ferment. Technol., 64, 553-556. , Strain(s): 1921233639462119 

32)   Baldia, S. F., Fukami, K., Nishijima, T., Hata, T. 1995 Growth responses of Spirulina platensis to some physico-chemical factors and the kinetics of phosphorus utilization. Fish. Sci., 61, 331-335. , Keywords: Spirulina platensis; growth kinetics; physico-chemical factors; organic phosphorus; waste water , Strain(s): 46 

33)   Baldia, S. F., Nishijima, T., Fukami, K., Hata, Y. 1994 Studies on the chemical composition of a cyanophyte, Spirulina platensis. In The Third Asian Fisheries Forum, Eds. by Chou, L. M., et al., Asian Fisheries Society, Manila, Philippines, 1994, p. 940-943. , Strain(s): 46 

60)   Choi, G-G., Ahn, C-Y., Oh, H-M. 2012 Phylogenetic relationships of Arthrospira strains inferred from 16S rRNA gene and cpcBA-IGS sequences. Algae, 27, 75-82. , Keywords: :Arthrospira (Spirulina); cpcBA-IGS; phylogenetic analysis; 16S rRNA gene , Strain(s): 3946 

163)   Hamana, K., Kobayashi, M., Yokota, A., Sekiguchi, H., Niitsu, M. 2008 Cellular polyamine profiles in cyanobacteria. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 24, 3-8. , Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; spermine; thermospermine , Strain(s): 26333646206208230267268305361416433434481507597598931932 

273)   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): 19212223242728303132333436373839404144454647484950122123127131144152173175179180181182183185198200203206217226227241266267268271295309310334338379436448450455527 

432)   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): 444546512610931 

522)   Lee, K.-Y., Park, J.-H., Park, B.-S. 1996 CO2 fixation and SCP production using blue green algae. Theories and Applications of Chem. Eng. (Korea), 2, 489-492 (in Korean with English title). , Strain(s): 193946 

635)   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): 19212223242526272829303132333435363738394041444546505152535455565758596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123124125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147148150151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261262263266267268271287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310311312313329334336337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

1114)   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): 394546 

1271)   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): 3945465152535455565758596061626364656667686970261262266268 

1275)   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): 394546 

1283)   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): 1819212426293139404144454650737475767780818788899091939598991001011201221311351371441512042072132572633794152219223522392579