The Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies

Strain Data


Strain number NIES-821  
Phylum Cyanophyta   Class Cyanophyceae 
Scientific name Anabaena smithii (Komárek) M.Watanabe  
Synonym -----  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Hirosaki Hirosaki Aomori Japan (1990-06-**)  
Habitat (Isolation source) (Freshwater)  
History < Li, Renhui < TAC;  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Niiyama, Yuko (1990-06-**)  
Identified by Niiyama, Yuko  
State of strain Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Preservation state
(State of preservation)
Subculture  
Culture condition
( Preculture condition )
Medium:  CT  
Temperature: 20 C
Light intensity: 12-22 µmol photons/m2/sec     L/D cycle: 12L:12D
Duration: 2 M  
Gene information
Cell size (min - max)   Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) , Autotrophic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : TAC 432 (A19)  
Remarks  

Reference
533)   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 

747)   Niiyama, Y. 1996 Morphology and systematics of Anabaena strains in National Science Museum. Jpn. J. Phycol., 44, 1-8 (in Japanese with English summary). , Keywords: akinetes; algal strain; Anabaena; heterocytes; vegetative cells , Strain(s): 8088098108118128138148198208218228258268271639164016411652165316551670167116721673167716801695