The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-478  
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 Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Lemmermann f. flos-aquae (Wittrock) Elenkin  
Common name Blue-green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura Ibaraki Japan (1977-09-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Yagi, Osami  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Yagi, Osami (1978-04-**)  
Identified by Yagi, Osami  
State of strain Unialgal; Non-clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Cryopreservation  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  MA  
Temperature: 20(25) C
Light intensity: 4-10(60-70) µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 3 M(-----)  
Gene information ftsZ ( AB324911 ) , glnA ( AB324990 ) , gltX ( AB325069 ) , gyrB ( AB325148 ) , pgi ( AB325227 ) , recA ( AB325306 ) , tpi ( AB325385 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization  
Characteristics Toxic ST 62 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : K-5  
Remarks Toxic; Cryopreserved 

Reference
315)   Ishida, K., Matsuda, H., Murakami, M., Yamaguchi, K. 1997 Micropeptins 478-A and -B, plasmin inhibitors from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. J. Nat. Prod., 60, 184-187. , Strain(s): 478 

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 

1171)   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 

1174)   Tanabe, Y., Sano, T., Kasai, F., Watanabe, M. M. 2009b Recombination, cryptic clades and neutral molecular divergence of the microcystin synthetase (mcy) genes of toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. BMC Evol. Biol., 9, 115 (article ID). , Strain(s): 44878889909198991001011021031041051061071081091101111122982994786048439011050105110521053105410551056105710581059106010611062106310641065106610671068106910701072107510761077108510901091109210931094109510961097109811001101110211031104110511061107110811131114111511221123112411251126112711281129113011311132113311341135113611371138113911401141114211431144114511461147114811491150115111521153115511561157115911601161116211631164117011711172120912111213121412151216121712181219122012211222122312241225122612271228122912301231123212331234123512361237123812391240124112421243124412451251125212531254246524662467246924702471247224732474247524762477247824792561 

1175)   Tanabe, Y., Watanabe, M. M. 2011 Local expansion of a panmictic lineage of water bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. PLos ONE, 6, e17085 (article ID). , Strain(s): 448788899091989910010110210310410510610710810911011111229829947860484390110501051105210531054105510561057105810591060106110621063106410651066106710681069107010721075107610771085109010911092109310941095109610971098110011011102110311041105110611071108111311141115112211231124112511261127112811291130113111321133113411351136113711381139114011411142114311441145114611471148114911501151115211531155115611571159116011611162116311641170117111721173117411751176117711791180118111831184118511861209121112131214121512161217121812191220122112221223122412251226122712281229123012311232123312341235123612371238123912401241124212431244124512511252125312542088208920902091246524662467246824692470247124722473247424752476247724782479248024812482248324842485248624872488248924902491249224932494249524962546254725482549255025512552255325542555255625572558255925602561259125922593259425952596259725982599260026012602260326042605260626072608260926102611261226132617261826192620262126222623262426252626262726282629 

1324)   Yagi, O., Hagiwara, T., Takamura, Y., Sudo, R. 1984 Growth characteristics of axenic and unialgal Microcystis isolated from Lake Kasumigaura. Jpn. J. Water Poll. Res., 7, 496-503 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: Microcystis; bacteria; growth; axenic; algae , Strain(s): 478604 

1325)   Yagi, O., Hagiwara, T., Takamura, Y., Sudo, R. 1987 Limiting nutrients of algal growth in Lake Kasumigaura. Jpn. J. Water Poll. Res., 10, 115-122 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: Microcystis; blue-green algae; nutrients; algal growth potential , Strain(s): 35478 

1326)   Yagi, O., Ohkubo, N., Tomioka, N., Okada, M. 1989 Limiting nutrients of algal growth in Ushiku Marsh. Jpn. J. Limnol., 50, 139-148 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: algal growth potential; Microcystis; Selenastrum; nutrient , Strain(s): 35478