The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-112  
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 Suwa Nagano Japan (1982-10-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < TAC;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Watanabe, Masayuki (1982-10-**)  
Identified by Watanabe, Masayuki  
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: 1 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( U40334 AB023272 ) , ftsZ ( AB324865 ) , glnA ( AB324944 ) , gltX ( AB325023 ) , gyrB ( AB325102 ) , pgi ( AB325181 ) , recA ( AB325260 ) , tpi ( AB325339 )
Cell size (min - max)   Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ST 16 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TAC 52 (S-TAN-52)  
Remarks Cryopreserved 

Reference
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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 

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 

491)   Kondo, R., Yoshida, T., Yuki, Y., Hiroishi, S. 2000 DNA-DNA reassociation among a bloom-forming cyanobacterial genus, Microcystis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 50, 67-770. , Keywords: DNA hybridization; DNA G+C content; cyanobacteria; Microcystis , Strain(s): 878998102104111112298604 

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 

530)   Li, R., Yokota, A., Sugiyama, J., Watanabe, M., Hiroki, M., Watanabe, M. M. 1998 Chemotaxonomy of planktonic cyanobacteria based on non-polar and 3-hydroxy fatty acid composition. Phycol. Res., 46, 21-28. , Keywords: 3-hydroxy fatty acids; chemotaxonomy; fatty acid; non-polar fatty acids; planktonic cyanobacteria , Strain(s): 2740447678798081878998102104111112204205207298604810821825826 

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 

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 

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 

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 

1263)   Watanabe, M. F., Oishi, S., Watanabe, Y., Watanabe, M. 1986 Strong probability of lethal toxicity in the blue-green alga Microcystis viridis Lemmermann. J. Phycol., 22, 552-556. , Strain(s): 981001011031122981053105410551058105910671091 

1355)   Yamamoto, Y., Suzuki, K. 1990 Distribution and algal-lysing activity of fruiting myxobacteria in Lake Suwa. J. Phycol., 26, 457-462. , Keywords: algal-lysing activity; cyanobacteria; fruiting myxobacteria , Strain(s): 19404499102112 

1380)   Yoshida, M., Yoshida, T., Satomi, M., Takashima, Y., Hosoda, N., Hiroishi, S. 2008 Intra-specific phenotypic and genotypic variation in toxic cyanobacterial Microcystis aeruginosa. J. Appl. Phycol., 105, 407-415. , Keywords: API ZYM; diversity; microcystin; Microcystis; phylogeny; population; taxonomy; toxic; cyanobacteria , Strain(s): 101102103112298604105510581062107010911105 

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