Strain Data

Strain number	NIES-103
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 viridis (A.Brown) Lemmermann
Common name	Blue-green alga
Locality (Date of collection)	Lake Kasumigaura Ibaraki Japan (1978-12-**)
Habitat (Isolation source)	Freshwater (Lake water)
History	< TAC;
Isolator (Date of isolation)	Watanabe, Masayuki (1978-12-**)
Identified by	Watanabe, Masayuki
State of strain	Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic
Preservation state (State of preservation)	Cryopreservation
Culture condition ( Preculture condition )	Medium: MA Temperature: 25 C Light intensity: 55-70 µmol photons/m²/sec L/D cycle: 12L:12D Duration: 1 M
Gene information	16S rDNA ( AB038530 ) , 16S-23S ITS ( AB015399 ) , gyrB ( AB014974 ) , mcyA ( AB110107 ) , mcyD ( AB110118 ) , mcyG ( AB110129 ) , mcyJ ( AB110140 )
Cell size (min - max)		Organization
Characteristics	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko); Toxic ST 10 (Tanabe et al. 2007)
Other strain no.	Other strain no. : TAC 44 (K-TAN-44)
Remarks	Toxic; Cryopreserved

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