The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-507  
Phylum Cyanophyta   Class Cyanophyceae 
Scientific name Phormidium jenkelianum G.Schmid  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Watarase River Gunma Japan (1987-08-15)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (River sediment)  
History < Kasai, Fumie  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kasai, Fumie (1987-08-27)  
Identified by Watanabe, Makoto M.  
State of strain Unialgal; Non-clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  CSiCSi + Cu  
Temperature: 20(20) C
Light intensity: 4-10(15-27) µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 2 M(14 D)  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max) - 4 μm   Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Ast-1-4  
Remarks