The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-90  
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 Kawaguchi Yamanashi Japan (1981-06-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Watanabe, Makoto M.  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Watanabe, Michiko H. (1981-06-**)  
Identified by Watanabe, Michiko H.  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; 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: 20 D  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB023256 ) , ftsZ ( AB324854 ) , glnA ( AB324933 ) , gltX ( AB325012 ) , gyrB ( AB325091 ) , mcyA ( AB110105 ) , mcyD ( AB110116 ) , mcyG ( AB110127 ) , mcyJ ( AB110138 ) , pgi ( AB325170 ) , recA ( AB325249 ) , tpi ( AB325328 )
Cell size (min - max) - 6 μm   Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko); Toxic ST 5 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KW-MB-2  
Remarks Toxic; Cryopreserved 

Reference
309)   Ishida, K., Matsuda, H., Murakami, M., Yamaguchi, K. 1996 The absolute stereochemistry of micropeptin 90. Tetrahedron Letters, 37, 9225-9226. , Strain(s): 90 

314)   Ishida, K., Murakami, M., Matsuda, H., Yamaguchi, K. 1995 Micropeptin 90, a plasmin and trypsin inhibitor from the blue-green alga Microcystis aeruginosa (NIES-90). Tetrahedron Letters, 36, 3535-3538. , Strain(s): 90 

486)   Kondo, R., Kagiya, G., Hiroishi, S., Watanabe, M. 2000 Genetic typing of a bloom-forming cyanobacterial genus Microcystis in Japan using 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Plankton Biol. Ecol., 47, 1-6. , Keywords: genetic typing; 16S rDNA; Microcystis; cyanobacteria; phylogenetic analysis , Strain(s): 878889909198991001011021041051061081091101111122982996041055106110681076109010911105112211421164 

487)   Kondo, R., Kagiya, G., Hiroishi, S., Watanabe, M., Hata, Y. 1999 Rapid DNA extraction from a bloom-forming cyanobacterium. Microb. Environ., 14, 157-161. , Keywords: DNA extraction; PCR; Microcystis; cyanobacteria , Strain(s): 878889909198991001011021041051061081091101111122982996041055106110681076109010911105112211421164 

488)   Kondo, R., Kagiya, G., Komura, M., Yuki, Y., Hiroishi, S., Watanabe, M. 2000 Molecular taxonomy of a bloom-forming cyanobacterial genus Microcystis. Bull. Plankton Soc. Japan, 47, 25-33 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: cyanobacteria; Microcystis; bacterial criteria; molecular analysis , Strain(s): 6878889909198991001011021041051061081091101111122982996041055106110681076109010911105112211421164 

489)   Kondo, R., Kagiya, G., Yuki, Y., Hiroishi, S., Watanabe, M. 1998 Taxonomy of a bloom-forming cyanobacterial genus Microcystis. Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi, 64, 291-292 (in Japanese with English title). , Strain(s): 87888990919899100101102104105106107108109110111112298299604 

507)   Kuno, S., Yoshida, T., Kamikawa, R., Hosoda, N., Sako, Y. 2010 The distribution of a phage-related insertion sequence element in the cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa. Microb. Environ., 25, 295-301. , Keywords: cyanobacteria; Microcystis; cyanophage; insertion sequence; horizontal gene transfer , Strain(s): 90919899101102112298604843105810671070108610981105 

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): 19212223242526272829303132333435363738394041444546505152535455565758596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123124125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147148150151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168169170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194195196197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261262263266267268271287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310311312313329334336337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

1166)   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 

1168)   Tanabe, Y., Kaya, K., Watanabe, M. M. 2004 Evidence for recombination in the microcystin synthetase (mcy) genes of toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis spp. J. Mol. Evol., 58, 633-641. , Keywords: cyanobacteria; microcystin synthetase; Microcystis; NRPS; recombination; split decomposition , Strain(s): 888990102103107 

1169)   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 

1170)   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 

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): 1819212426293139404144454650737475767780818788899091939598991001011201221311351371441512042072132572633794152219223522392579 

1290)   Watanabe, M. M., Sawaguchi, T. 1995 Cryopreservation of a water-bloom forming cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa f. aeruginosa. Phycol. Res., 43, 111-116. , Keywords: cryopreservation; DMSO; Microcystis aeruginosa f. aeruginosa; rapid cooling; two step cooling , Strain(s): 4490 

1386)   Yoshida, T., Takashima, Y., Tomaru Y., Shirai, Y., Takao, Y., Hiroishi, S., Nagasaki, K. 2006 Isolation and characterization of a cyanophage infecting the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72, 1239-1247. , Strain(s): 44879098102104111112298604 

1387)   Yoshida, T., Yuki, Y., Lei, S., Chinen, H., Yoshida, M., Kondo, R., Hiroishi, S. 2003 Quantitative detection of toxic strains of the cyanobacterial genus Microcystis by competitive PCR. Microb. Environ., 18, 16-23. , Keywords: competitive PCR; microcystin; Microcystis; peptide synthetase; toxic cyanobacteria , Strain(s): 87888990102104105106108109110111112298299604 

1401)   Yuki, Y., Yoshida, T., Hiroishi, S. 2002 Molecular detection of the toxic cyanobacteria [Yûdoku aoko no bunshi-shikibetsu to yosatsu he-no ôyô]. In Series of Fisheries Science Vol. 143, Prevention and Extermination Strategies of Harmful Algal Blooms [Suisan-gaku shirîzu 134, Yûgai-yûdoku sôrui burûmu no yobô to kujo] , Eds. by Hiroishi, S., Imai, I. & Ishimaru, T., Koseisha-Koseikaku, Tokyo, p. 43-53 (in Japanese without English title). , Strain(s): 738187888990919899100101102104105106108109110111112204230298299604