The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-107  
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 wesenbergii Komárek  
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; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Cryopreservation  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  CBMA  
Temperature: 25 C
Light intensity: 55-70 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( U40333 ) , ftsZ ( AB324862 ) , glnA ( AB324941 ) , gltX ( AB325020 ) , gyrB ( AB325099 ) , mcyA ( AB110108 ) , mcyD ( AB110119 ) , mcyG ( AB110130 ) , mcyJ ( AB110141 ) , pgi ( AB325178 ) , recA ( AB325257 ) , tpi ( AB325336 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko); Toxic ST 13 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KW-MW-7  
Remarks Toxic; Cryopreserved 

Reference
157)   Ha, K., Takamura, N., Jang, M.-H. 2009 Microcystin production by Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to phytoplanktivorous and omnivorous fish at different kairomone concentrations. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 83, 761-765. , Keywords: microcystin; kairomone; Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; Carassius gibelio langsdorfi , Strain(s): 89103107 

362)   Jang, M.-H., Ha, K., Takamura, N. 2007 Reciprocal allelopathic responses between toxic cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) and duckweed (Lemna japonica). Toxicon, 49, 727-733. , Keywords: Microcystis aeruginosa Kützing; Lemna japonica Landolg; microcystin; allelochemicals; reciprocal allelopathic responses; growth; eutrophic waters , Strain(s): 103107 

363)   Jang, M.-H., Jung, J.-M., Takamura, N. 2007 Changes in microcystin production in cyanobacteria exposed to zooplankton at different population densities and infochemical concentrations. Limnol. Oceanogr., 52, 1454-1466. , Strain(s): 8898107 

364)   Jang, M.-H., Jung, J.-M., Takamura, N. 2008 Microcystin production by Microcystis aeruginosa exposed to different stages of herbivorous zooplankton. Toxicon, 51, 882-889. , Keywords: Microcystis aeruginosa; induced defense; different stages of zooplankton; infochemicals; intracellular microcystin; extracellular microcystin , Strain(s): 8898103107 

396)   Karlsson, K. 2005 Liquid chromatotraphy - mass spectrometry in distribution and bioaccumulation studies of toxic cyanopeptides. PhD thesis, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 62 pp. , Strain(s): 107 

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 

490)   Kondo, R., Komura, M., Hiroishi, S., Hata, Y. 1998 Detection and 16S rDNA sequence analysis of a bloom-forming cyanobacterial genus Microcystis. Fish. Sci., 64, 840-841. , Keywords: Microcystis; 16S rDNA; PCR , Strain(s): 107112 

575)   Meriluoto, J., Codd, G. A. (eds.) 2005 TOXIC: cyanobacterial monitoring and cyanotoxin analysis. Acta Acad. Aboensis, ser, B, Vol. 65(1), 149 pp. , Strain(s): 107 

576)   Meriluoto, J., Karlsson, K., Spoof, L. 2004 High-throughput screening of ten microcystins and nodularins, cyanobacterial peptide hepatotoxins, by reversed-phase liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Chromatographia, 59, 291-298. , Keywords: columun liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry detection; microcystins and nodularins; cyanobacteria; toxins , Strain(s): 107 

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 

738)   Neilan, B. A., Dittmann, E., Rouhiainen, L., Bass, R. A., Schaub, V., Sivonen, K., Börner, T. 1999 Nonribosomal peptide synthesis and toxigenicity of Cyanobacteria. J. Bacteriol., 181, 4089-4097. , Strain(s): 19248199102107204 

739)   Neilan, B. A., Hawkins, P. R., Cox, P. T., Goodman, A. E. 1994 Towards a molecular taxonomy for the bloom-forming cyanobacteria. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 45, 869-873. , Keywords: 16S rRNA; PCR; Microcystis; Anabaena; DNA sequence , Strain(s): 417889102107111 

740)   Neilan, B. A., Jacobs, D., Goodman, A. E. 1995 Genetic diversity and phylogeny of toxic cyanobacteria determined by DNA polymorphisms within the phycocyanin locus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 61, 3875-3883. , Strain(s): 244041447376788081878998102107111112204207298 

817)   Nybom, S. M. K., Salminen, S. J., Meriluoto, J. A. O. 2008 Specific strains of probiotic bacteria are efficient in removal of several different cyanobacterial toxins from solution. Toxicon, 52, 214-220. , Keywords: Cyanotoxin; Microcystin; Cylindrospermopsin; Probiotic bacteria; Bifidobacterium; Lactobacillus; Removal , Strain(s): 107 

1078)   Spoof, L. 2004 High-performance liquid chromatography of microcystins and nodularins, cyanobacterial peptide toxins. PhD thesis, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, 73 pp. , Strain(s): 107 

1079)   Spoof, L., Neffling, M.-R., Meriluoto, J. 2010 Fast separation of microcystins and nodularins on narrow-bore reversed-phase columns coupled to a conventional HPLC system. Toxicon, 55, 954-964. , Keywords: Microcystins; Nodularins; Fast high-performance liquid; chromatography , Strain(s): 107 

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 

1291)   Watanabe, M. M., Suda, S., Kasai, F., Sawaguchi, T. 1985 Axenic cultures of the three species of Microcystis (Cyanophyta = Cyanobacteria). Bull. JFCC, 1, 57-63. , Strain(s): 89102107111298