Strain Data

Strain number	NIES-298
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. aeruginosa
Common name	Blue-green alga
Locality (Date of collection)	Lake Kasumigaura Ibaraki Japan (1982-09-16)
Habitat (Isolation source)	Freshwater
History	< TAC;
Isolator (Date of isolation)	Watanabe, Masayuki (1982-09-18)
Identified by	-----
State of strain	Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic
Preservation state (State of preservation)	Cryopreservation
Culture condition ( Preculture condition )	Medium: CB Temperature: 25 C Light intensity: 20-30 µmol photons/m²/sec L/D cycle: 12L:12D Duration: 20 D
Gene information	16S rRNA ( AB023261 FJ461749 ) , 16S-23S-ITS ( AB254442 AM773522 ) , aeruginosin synthetase ( AM773663 ) , clpB ( EU369667 ) , CRISPR ( AB644437 ) , DnaJ ( EU369661 ) , DnaK ( EU369665 ) , DnaK1 ( EU369663 ) , DnaK3 ( EU369664 ) , FtsQ-FtsZ ( AB205180 ) , ftsZ ( AB324909 ) , glnA ( AB324988 ) , gltX ( AB325067 ) , groEL ( EU369662 ) , groES ( EU369657 ) , grpE ( EU369660 ) , gyrB ( AB325146 ) , HrcA ( EU369668 ) , Hsp20-1 ( EU369658 ) , Hsp20-2 ( EU369657 ) , Hsp90 ( EU369666 ) , mcnC-mcnE ( AM773670 ) , mcyA ( AB092804 ) , mcyA-mcyD ( AB254427 ) , mcyB ( AB092806 ) , mcyD ( AB444744 ) , mcyG ( AB444785 ) , mcyJ ( AB444826 ) , microcyclamide biosynthetic ( AM774406 ) , microviridin biosynthetic ( AM943877 ) , pgi ( AB325225 ) , recA ( AB325304 ) , rpoC1 ( AB333819 ) , tpi ( AB325383 ) , rpoB ( HM991461 )
Cell size (min - max)	- 5 μm	Organization
Characteristics	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko); Toxic ST 60 (Tanabe et al. 2007)
Other strain no.	Other collection strain no. : TAC 47 Other strain no. : TAC 47 (K-TAN-47)
Remarks	Toxic; Unstable; Cryopreserved

Reference
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