2023

• December 22. 2023

Two strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• December 20. 2023

We will be closed from December 29th, 2023 to January 3rd, 2024 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 10th, 2024 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• December 11. 2023

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From December 15^th, 2023 17:00+0900 (JST) to December 18^th, 2023 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• December 7. 2023

Thirteen strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• December 6. 2023

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From December 15^th, 2023 17:00+0900 (JST) to Decembe 18^th, 2023 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• November 16. 2023

Two strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• November 15. 2023

Eleven strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• October 26. 2023

Five strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• October 18. 2023

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From October 20^th, 2023 17:00+0900 (JST) to October 23^rd, 2023 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• September 28. 2023

Tewnty strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• September 22. 2023

Oocystis lacustris NIES-660 is available as axenic strain.

• September 14. 2023

We have changed a scientific names.

• August 22. 2023

We have changed scientific names.

• July 28. 2023

Genome of Chrysophaeum taylorii NIES-1699 is recently published in Sci Rep by Davison, J.R. et al.

Two strains became the axenic state.

• July 4. 2023

We have changed a scientific names.

• June 19. 2023

We have changed a scientific name.

• June 14. 2023

We have changed scientific names.

• June 9. 2023

We have changed a scientific name.

• May 30. 2023

Three strains became the axenic state.

• May 26. 2023

Eight strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• May 12. 2023

We have changed a scientific name.

• May 9. 2023

Thirteen strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• May 2. 2023

Two strains became the axenic state.

• April 11. 2023

Three strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• March 31. 2023

Twelve strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• February 28. 2023

We are suspending temporarily our services for distribution of strains to companies.

• February 24. 2023

Fourteen strains recently opened to distribution. (New MCC-NIES strains listed for the past one year.)

• January 27. 2023

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• January 26. 2023

Twenty-four strains recently opened to distribution.

• January 24. 2023

Chlorokybus riethii NIES-160 is available as axenic strain.

2022

• December 7. 2022

We will be closed from December 29th, 2022 to January 3rd, 2023 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 11th, 2023 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• December 1. 2022

Two strains became the axenic state.

• November 17. 2022

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From November 25^th, 2022 17:00+0900 (JST) to November 28^th, 2022 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• October 11. 2022

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From October 21^st, 2022 17:00+0900 (JST) to October 24^th, 2022 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• September 14. 2022

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• September 12. 2022

Five strains recently opened to distribution.

• August 25. 2022

Due to maintenance, MCC Web will be suspended as follows.
 From August 31^st, 2022 17:00+0900 (JST) to September 1^st, 2022 13:00+0900 (JST)
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• August 23. 2022

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• August 9. 2022

Five strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 8. 2022

Two strains recently opened to distribution.

Temporary suspension of international mail to various countries/territories.
Due to the very strict implementation of COVID-19 quarantine at major airports in China, it is currently difficult to ship algal strains. The Japan Post has stopped accepting EMS shipments to many European countries due to the unrest in Europe. Therefore, we currently recommend FedEx or DHL for shipments of algal strains.

• May 27. 2022

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• March 18. 2022

Apology and recovery notification of connection failure.
We are very sorry for our server sudden unavailability -
(from March 16th, 2022 23:36+0900 (JST) to March 18th, 2022 9:00+0900 (JST)).
We do hope that this disturbance wasn't happen again.

• May 5. 2022

Thirteen strains recently opened to distribution.

• April 26. 2022

Six strains recently opened to distribution.

• April 13. 2022

Four strains recently opened to distribution.

• April 11. 2022

Mayamaea permitis NIES-2724 is available as axenic strain.

• March 31. 2022

Eight strains recently opened to distribution.

• March 15. 2022

Nitzschia putrida NIES-4239 recently opened to distribution.

• March 14. 2022

Two strains became the axenic state.

• January 27. 2022

The collection site data of 100 strains was additionally registered in GBIF.

• January 21. 2022

Plasmid genome sequences are now available for 16 strains of Cryptophyceae.

• January 20. 2022

Three strains became the axenic state.

• January 19. 2022

We have changed scientific names.

2021

• December 23. 2021

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• December 21. 2021

Two strains recently opened to distribution.

• December 3. 2021

We will be closed from December 29th, 2021 to January 3rd, 2022 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 11th, 2022 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• November 29. 2021

Five strains recently opened to distribution.

• November 11. 2021

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows:
 Nov. 26^th, 2021 17:00+0900 (JST) - Nov. 29^th, 2021 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• October 11. 2021

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows:
 Oct. 15^th, 2021 17:00+0900 (JST) - Oct. 18^th, 2021 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• September 9. 2021

Fifteen strains recently opened to distribution.

• May 10. 2021

Announcement of Revisions of Shipping Rates
The Japan Post Company’s Express Mail Service (EMS) rates will be increased on June 1^st, 2021. The following regions will be subject to the price increase: Oceana, North America, Central America, Middle East, and Europe. The revised shipping rates will be applied when you pay your strain order fee after June 1^st.

• March 29. 2021

Two strains recently opened to distribution.

• March 24. 2021

Two strains recently opened to distribution.

• February 19. 2021

Annamia dubia NIES-4383 recently opened to distribution.

• February 8. 2021

Five strains recently opened to distribution.

• January 4. 2021

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows:
 Jan. 8^th, 2021 17:00+0900 (JST) - Jan. 12^th, 2021 10:00+0900 (JST)
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2020

• December 14. 2020

Chloroparvula pacifica NIES-3669 is available as axenic strain.

• December 13. 2020

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows:
 Dec. 21^st, 2020 8:30+0900 (JST) - Dec. 23^rd, 2020 17:00+0900 (JST)
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

• December 4. 2020

Three strains recently opened to distribution.

• December 3. 2020

We will be closed from December 29th, 2020 to January 3rd, 2021 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 5th, 2021 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• November 10. 2020

3 strains recently opened to distribution.

• November 6. 2020

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
 from November 20^th, 2020 17:00+0900 (JST) to November 23^rd, 2020 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• October 5. 2020

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
 from October 16^th, 2020 17:00+0900 (JST) to October 19^th, 2020 10:00+0900 (JST)
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

• September 28. 2020

6 strains recently opened to distribution.

• September 18. 2020

4 strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 29. 2020

18 strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 17. 2020

15 strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 10. 2020

We restarted our service of strain distribution, which had been postponed due to the COVID-19.

• June 2. 2020

Cylindrospermum sp. NIES-4074 recently opened to distribution.

• April 6. 2020

Eight strains recently opened to distribution.

• March 5. 2020

We have changed a scientific name.

• February 28. 2020

Our service on strain distribution is now postponed.
Our service on strain distribution is now postponed from February 28, 2020, because of avoiding new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. We will announce the start of the strain distribution as soon as it will be decided.

• February 1. 2020

We have changed payment system for bank transfer from April 2020. For details, please see "3.3 Payment"

• January 29. 2020

18 strains recently opened to distribution.

• January 22. 2020

11 strains recently opened to distribution.

2019

• November 19. 2019

We will be closed from December 28th, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 7th, 2020 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• October 28. 2019

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
 from November 15^th, 2019 17:00+0900 (JST) to November 18^th, 2019 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• October 9. 2019

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
 from October 18^th, 2019 17:00+0900 (JST) to October 21^st, 2019 10:00+0900 (JST)
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

• September 30. 2019

5 strains recently opened to distribution.

• September 19. 2019

21 strains recently opened to distribution.

• September 5. 2019

9 strains recently opened to distribution.

• August 28. 2019

3 strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 25. 2019

Notice for deposition of strains collected from foreign countries.
For the appropriate acceptance of algae strains, we will ask the depositor to provide permissions or other documents relevant to acquisition of samples/strains. Please contact to for further infomation.

• June 24. 2019

2 strains became the axenic state.

• May 27. 2019

2 strains recently opened to distribution.

• May 15. 2019

We have changed a scientific name.

• April 19. 2019

3 strains recently opened to distribution.

• April 2. 2019

We will be closing our service from April 27th to May 6th, 2019 due to the consecutive national holidays. We apologize for your inconvenience during this period.

• March 15. 2019

40 strains recently opened to distribution.

• February 22. 2019

NIES-3600 Trichodesmium sp. recently opened to distribution.

• January 31. 2019

7 strains recently opened to distribution.

2018

• November 22. 2018

9 strains recently opened to distribution.

• November 5. 2018

12 strains recently opened to distribution.

• October 25. 2018

17 strains recently opened to distribution.

• October 23. 2018

Due to maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows:
 1. Nov. 2^nd, 2018 17:00+0900 (JST) - Nov. 5^th, 2018 10:00+0900 (JST)
 2. Nov. 16^th, 2018 17:00+0900 (JST) - Nov. 19^th, 2018 10:00+0900 (JST)

• October 22. 2018

2 strains of Charales recently opened to distribution.

• October 12. 2018

NIES-4114 Pseudophyllomitus vesiculosus recently opened to distribution.

• September 6. 2018

NIES-4109 Viridiuvalis adhaerens recently opened to distribution.

• August 23. 2018

21 strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 27. 2018

15 strains recently opened to distribution.

• May 25. 2018

17 strains recently opened to distribution.

• April 12. 2018

13 strains of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii were revised to Raphidiopsis raciborskii.

• April 5. 2018

NIES-2265 Haematococcus lacustris is available as axenic strain.

• January 29. 2018

Strains recently opened to distribution.

2017

• December 14. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• November 28. 2017

New year’s holiday Closing dates / Dec. 28th ? Jan. 3rd
We will be closed from December 28th, 2017 to January 3rd, 2018 due to New Year’s Holiday. From January 9th, 2018 we will start again shipments. We wish you a wonderful holiday season, and all the best for the New Year.

• November 24. 2017

Due to regular maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
from November 24^th, 2017 17:00+0900 (JST) to November 27^th, 2017 10:00+0900 (JST)
We are sorry for the inconvenience.

• November 16. 2017

2 strains became the axenic state.

• November 9. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• October 5. 2017

Due to regular maintenance, MCC Web might be suspended as follows.
from October 13^th, 2017 17:00+0900 (JST) to October 16^th, 2017 10:00+0900 (JST)
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• August 14. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 13. 2017

We have changed scientific names.

• June 8. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• June 5. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• May 9. 2017

Strains recently opened to distribution.

• May 8. 2017

We have changed a scientific name.

• May 1. 2017

Since 1st May 2017, we have changed payment procedure for the international order. We only accept prepayment by credit card (or bank transfer). At this moment, a mail link service is adopted for the credit card payment.

• April 26. 2017

A strain recently opened to distribution.

• April 13. 2017

A strain recently opened to distribution.

• April 7. 2017

We have changed scientific names.

• April 3. 2017

Our homepage has been redesigned.

• April 1. 2017

We will change the strain prices on 1st April as follows.
6,000 JPY for universities and public institutions to 10,000 JPY.
10,000 JPY for companies and commercial organizations to 20,000 JPY.

• January 19. 2017

We have changed a scientific name.

• January 18. 2017

We have changed a scientific name.

• January 16. 2017

We have changed a scientific name.

• January 12. 2017

We have changed a scientific name.

2016

• December 21. 2016

38 strains recently opened to distribution.

• November 17. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3445, NIES-3446, NIES-3610  Alexandrium catenella,
NIES-3447  A. fraterculum,
NIES-3611  A. hiranoi,
NIES-3612  A. tamiyavanichii

• November 14. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3764  Diphylleia rotans,
NIES-3876  Trachyrhizium urniformis,
NIES-3877  Nitzschia sp.

• Oct. 21. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3866  Glaucocystis bhattacharyae,
NIES-3867  Glaucocystis miyajii,
NIES-3868  Glaucocystis oocystiformis,
NIES-3874, NIES-3875  Volvox capensis,
NIES-3982, NIES-3983  Yamagishiella unicocca,
NIES-3984, NIES-3985  Eudorina sp.,
NIES-3986, NIES-3987, NIES-3988  Volvox ferrisii

• Oct. 11. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-2094  Anabaena riabilis → Nostoc sp.

• Oct. 1. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-512  Pseudanabaena galeata → P. foetida var. intermedia

• Sept. 14. 2016

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3616  Gonyaulax sp.

• Aug. 8. 2016

Genome of Cyanobium sp., strain NIES-981 is recently published in GenomeA by Yamaguchi, H. et al.

• Aug. 3. 2016

NIES-850  Pseudochattonella verruculosa
NIES-1418  Nephroselmis sp.
NIES-2412  Acaryochloris marina are available as axenic strain from August 2016.

• Jul. 14. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-966, NIES-1369   Glaucocystis nostochinearum → G. oocystiformis
NIES-1961  Glaucocystis nostochinearum → G. miyajii
NIES-2141  Glaucocystis nostochinearum → G. geitleri

• Jul. 8. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-73  Dolichospermum flos-aquae → Sphaerospermopsis kisseleviana

• Jun. 29. 2016

Whole-genome sequences are now available for NIES-88  Microcystis aeruginosa,
NIES-2202  Chlamydomonas applanata,
NIES-2207  Chlamydomonas asymmetrica,
NIES-2212  Chlamydomonas debaryana,
NIES-2242  Chlamydomonas sphaeroides,
Whole-genome and Plasmid DNA data are available for NIES-3754  Fischerella sp.

• June 22. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-558  Chattonella marina var. antiqua → C. marina var. marina

• June 17. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3639 Stichococcus bacillaris
NIES-3719 Coleochaete nitellarum
NIES-3775 Asulcocephalium miricentonis
NIES-3776, NIES-3777 Leiocephalium pseudosanguineum

• June 14. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-2285, NIES-2286  Klebsormidium flaccidum → K. nitens

• June 13. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2659, NIES-2660 Chattonella marina var. antiqua
NIES-3362, NIES-3366 Emiliania huxleyi,
NIES-3575 Koshicola spirodelophila,

• June 6. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-40  Anabaena affinis → Dolichospermum affine
NIES-41  A. circinalis → D. circinale
NIES-806, NIES-835  A. compacta → D. compactuma
NIES-833  A. lemmermannii → D. lemmermannii
NIES-815, NIES-816, NIES-817, NIES-834, NIES-1723  A. planctonica → D. planctonicum
NIES-824, NIES-1724  A. smithii → D. smithii
NIES-76  A. spiroides → D. spiroides

• June 2. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-504  Phormidium foveolarum → Leptolyngbya sp.
NIES-2122  Phormidium ambiguum → Leptolyngbya sp.
NIES-2129  Plectonema calothricoides → Leptolyngbya sp.

• May 31. 2016

EMS fees for shipping will be risen from 1st of June, 2016.

• April 25. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3259 Calothrix parietina,
NIES-3646 Closterium moniliferum,
NIES-3647 Suigetsumonas clinomigrationis

• April 21. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-981  Synechococcus sp. → Cyanobium sp.

• April 11. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-329  Ulothrix variabilis → Klebsormidium sp.
NIES-2682  Bolidomonas pacifica → Triparma pacifica
NIES-3369  Bolidomonas sp. → Triparma sp.
NIES-3370  Bolidomonas pacifica var. eleuthera → Triparma eleuthera
NIES-3371  Bolidomonas pacifica var. eleuthera → Triparma eleuthera

• April 7. 2016

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-2575  Chloromonas carrizoensis → Ixipapillifera deasonii

• April 6. 2016

We have changed scientific names.
NIES-2320, NIES-2321, NIES-2322  Chlamydomonas sp. → Rhysamphichloris similis

• April 5. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3702 Dangeardinia metastigma,
NIES-3703 D. pseudopertusa,
NIES-3704, NIES-3705 Rhysamphichloris curta,
NIES-3706, NIES-3707 Ixipapillifera pauromitos

• March 4. 2016

We are very sorry for our server sudden unavailability - (from March 14th, 2016 19:00+0900 (JST) to March 28th, 2016 17:00+0900 (JST)). We do hope that this disturbance wasn't happen again. Please feel free to contact directly by e-mail for any quick demand.

• March 4. 2016

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3757 Stanieria sp.

• March 2. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3710 Chaetoceros debilis
NIES-3711 Chaetoceros lorenzianus
NIES-3712 Chaetoceros setoensis
NIES-3713 Chaetoceros socialis f. radians
NIES-3714, NIES-3715 Chaetoceros tenuissimus
NIES-3716, NIES-3717, NIES-3718 Chaetoceros sp.
NIES-3721 Entamoeba marina
NIES-3649 Gymnoxanthella radiolariae

• February 16. 2016

Genome of Parachlorella kessleri, strain NIES-2152 is recently published in Biotechnol. Biofuels by Ota, S. et al.

• January 27. 2016

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3768, NIES-3769, NIES-3770 Pyrobotrys casinoensis
NIES-3771, NIES-3772 Pyrobotrys elongata
NIES-3773, NIES-3774 Pyrobotrys squarrosa

• January 22. 2016

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3808 Symbiodinium minutum

• January 7. 2016

Genome of Nostoc sp., strain NIES-3756 is recently published in J. Biotechnol. by Hirose, Y. et al.

2015

• December 7. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3754 Fischerella sp.
NIES-3755 Leptolyngbya sp.
NIES-3780, NIES-3784 Volvox africanus
NIES-3781, NIES-3782, NIES-3783, NIES-3785, NIES-3786 Volvox reticuliferus

• December 4. 2015

Genome of Leptolyngbya sp., strain NIES-2104 is recently published in DNA Res. by Shimura, Y. et al.

• November 30. 2015

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3756 Nostoc sp.

• November 17. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3830 Compsopogon aeruginosus
NIES-3675 Nannochloris maculata
NIES-3676, NIES-3677, NIES-3678 Nannochloris sp.
NIES-2894 Picochlorum oculatum
NIES-3828, NIES-3829 Thorea gaudichaudii

• October 22. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3752, NIES-3753 Chloromonas krienitzii
NIES-3400 Pyramimonas vacuolata
NIES-3395, NIES-3402, NIES-3404, NIES-3406, NIES-3409, NIES-3410, NIES-3412 Pyramimonas sp.

• August 26. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2873, NIES-2874 Emiliania huxleyi,
NIES-2878 Umbilicosphaera foliosa
NIES-2879 U. hulburtiana
NIES-3637 Coolia malayensis
NIES-3745 Euglena anabaena var. minor
NIES-3779 Merismopedia sp.

• August 5. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
Chattonella marina  7 strains
Chattonella marina var. antiqua  3 strains
Nitzschia sp.  6 strains

• July 22. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3373 Spirulina subsalsa var. salina
NIES-3585 Nodularia sp.
NIES-3708, NIES-3709 Geminocystis sp.

• July 15. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3645 Cyanophora cuspidata
NIES-3749, NIES-3750 Pascherina tetras

• July 8. 2015

25 strains of Chattonella recently opened to distribution.

• June 19. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3374 Chlorogonium capillatum
NIES-2867 Nephroselmis clavistella

• June 18. 2015

19 strains of Pyramimonas recently opened to distribution.

• June 10. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3731, NIES-3732  Aphanizomenon sp.,
NIES-3733 Cuspidothrix issatschenkoi
NIES-3734 Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii
NIES-3735 Limnothrix sp.
NIES-3736 Planktothrix suspensa
NIES-3738 Pseudanabaena sp.
NIES-3739 Sphaerospermopsis aphanizomenoides
NIES-3740 Unidentified cyanobacterium

• June 9. 2015

Genome of Microcystis aeruginosa, strain NIES-2549 is recently published in GenomeA by Yamaguchi, H. et al.

• May 28. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3640, NIES-3641, NIES-3642 Gloeomonas anomalipyrenoide

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-447  Chloromonas insignis → Gloeomonas anomalipyrenoides

• May 1. 2015

Genome of Microcystis aeruginosa, strain NIES-44 is recently published in GenomeA by Okano, K. et al.

• Mar. 9. 2015

We have changed a scientific name.
NIES-996  Stichococcus ampulliformis → Pseudomarvania ampulliformis

• Mar. 6. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3355 Ciliophrys infusionum

• Feb. 18. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3358, NIES-3359, NIES-3360 Trentepohlia bosseae var. samoensis

• Feb. 6. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2734, NIES-2735 Eudorina sp.
NIES-3389, NIES-3390 Chloromonas fukushimae

• Feb. 18. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3358, NIES-3359, NIES-3360 Trentepohlia bosseae var. samoensis

• Feb. 6. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2734, NIES-2735 Eudorina sp.
NIES-3389, NIES-3390 Chloromonas fukushimae

We have changed genus names.
Anabaena  （160株） → Dolichospermum  （136 strains）、Sphaerospermopsis  （29 strains）

• Jan. 28. 2015

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3382 Colemanosphaera angeleri
NIES-3383,  NIES-3384,  NIES-3385,  NIES-3386,  NIES-3387,  NIES-3388   Colemanosphaera charkowiensis

• Jan. 5. 2015

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2860 Vacuoliviride crystalliferum gen. et sp. nov.

2014

• Dec. 17. 2014

We have changed species names.
NIES-763  Cyanophora paradoxa → Cyanophora kugrensii
NIES-764  Cyanophora paradoxa → Cyanophora sudae

• Nov. 28. 2014

NIES-2481 Microcystis aeruginosa is available as axenic strain from November 2014.

• Nov. 17. 2014

We updated the coccolithophorids strains with recent state as "coccolith bearing cells", "naked cells", or "under recovery for coccolith bearing".

• Nov. 6. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3369 Bolidomonas sp.
NIES-3370, NIES-3371  Bolidomonas pacifica var. eleuthera

• Oct. 4. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2854  Calyptrosphaera sphaeroidea
NIES-2855,  NIES-2856  Tetraselmis sp.
NIES-2857  Heterosigma akashiwo
NIES-2858  Bangiopsis sp.
NIES-2859  Ophiocytium sp.

• Oct. 16. 2014

A strain recently opened to distribution.
NIES-2860  Unidentified eustigmatiphyte

• Oct. 4. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3643,  NIES-3644  Oogamochlamys sp.

• Sept. 30. 2014

MCC-NIES introduction has been published in The North Pacific Marine Science Organization "PICES" Press Newsletter of this summer 2014. In the link to the PICES Press for the volume 22, number 2, you can download the file about "Microbial Culture Collection at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan", (15^th article of the volume); http://www.pices.int/publications/pices_press/volume22/v22-n2/22_issue2.aspx

• Sept. 29. 2014

NIES-3351 Ostreopsis cf. ovata is available as axenic strain from October 2014.

• Aug. 25. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3378,  NIES-3379,  NIES-3380,  NIES-3381  Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

• Aug. 22. 2014

Mitochondrioal genome sequence of Chrysochromulina sp., strain NIES-1333 is recently published in Mobile Genetic Elements by Nishimura, Y. et al. .

• Jun. 5. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-1390  Tsukubamonas globosa
NIES-2694, NIES-2695  Calcidiscus leptoporus
NIES-2846  Allapsa brevifila

• Mar. 31. 2014

NIES-3377  Cyanidioschyzon merolae (Purified strain from NIES-1332) is now available.

• Feb. 27. 2014

Strains recently opened to distribution.
NIES-3275  Fremyella diplosiphon
NIES-3276  Plectonema boryanum
NIES-3277  Synechococcus leopoliensis

2013

• Dec. 18. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-3349  Microcystis aeruginosa
NIES-3350, NIES-3351  Ostreopsis cf. ovata
NIES-3352, NIES-3353  Ostreopsis sp.

• Dec. 2. 2013

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• Nov. 27. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2708  Monoraphidium convolutum
NIES-2709, NIES-2710  Raphidocelis subcapitata
NIES-2711  Selenastrum gracile
NIES-2712  Tetranephris brasiliensis
NIES-2713  Pseudococcomyxa simplex
NIES-2714  Watanabea reniformis

We have changed species names.
NIES-45  Arthrospira platensis → Planktothrix spiroides
NIES-597  Arthrospira platensis → Planktothrix spiroides
NIES-2308  Oscillatoris sp. → Arthrospira sp.
NIES-3081  Spirulina sp. → Planktothrix spiroides

• Nov. 14. 2013

Please check the strains recently opened to distribution.
Cyanophyceae 1, Chlorophyceae 2, Prasinophyceae 14, Trebouxiophyceae 3, Dinophyceae 8, Chrysophyceae 2, Pelagophyceae 3, Pavlovophyceae 1、Prymnesiophyceae 6, Oligohymenophorea 1, Thecofilosea 1

• Nov. 13. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2805, NIES-2807, NIES-2808, NIES-2810  Chara braunii
NIES-2821  Nitella comptonii

• Oct. 30. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
■Bacillariophyceae: 8 strains
 NIES-2837  Skeletonema ardens
 NIES-2838  Skeletonema costatum
 NIES-2839  Skeletonema dohrnii
 NIES-2840  Skeletonema grevillei
 NIES-2841  Skeletonema japonicum
 NIES-2842  Skeletonema menzelii
 NIES-2843  Skeletonema pseudocostatum
 NIES-2844  Skeletonema tropicum

• Aug. 1. 2013

A newly deposited strain is now available.
NIES-2847  Eocercomonas uvella

• Sept. 17. 2013

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• Jul. 11. 2013

We have updated last of "FAQ" was done.

• May. 31. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
■Bacillariophyceae: 18 strains
 NIES-2717  Achnanthidium convergens
 NIES-2718, NIES-2719  Craticula molestiformis
 NIES-2720  Eolimna minima
 NIES-2721  E. subminuscula
 NIES-2722  Fitsulifera saprophila
 NIES-2723  Gomphonema parvulum
 NIES-2724, NIES-2725  Mayamaea atomus
 NIES-2726, NIES-2727, NIES-2728, NIES-2729  Nitzschia palea
 NIES-2730  Planothidium frequentissimum
 NIES-2731  P. frequentissimum
 NIES-2747  Psammoneis sp.
 NIES-2732, NIES-2733  Sellaphora seminulum
■Prymnesiophyceae: 5 strains
 NIES-2370, NIES-2371, NIES-2372  Emiliania huxleyi
 NIES-2374, NIES-2375  Gephyrocapsa oceanica

• May. 30. 2013

We updated the coccolithophorids strains with recent state as "coccolith bearing cells", "naked cells", or "under recovery for coccolith bearing".

• Apr. 23. 2013

Color of the Porphyridium strains are now quoted for each of these cultures.

• Apr. 15. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2667  Penium margaritaceum
NIES-2848  Chlamydomonas sp.
NIES-2849, NIES-2850, NIES-2851  Chlorococcum sp.

• Apr. 8. 2013

A newly deposited strain is now available.
NIES-2665  Umezakia natans

• Apr. 4. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2648  Trentepohlia arborum
NIES-2649, NIES-2650, NIES-2651, NIES-2652  Trentepohlia aurea

• Apr. 3. 2013

We have changed species names of Coccomyxa sp. to Coccomyxa subellipsoidea.


We have just published ‘NIES-Collection, List of Strains, 9th Edition.’  Please request to the e-mail address of the NIES-Collection if you are interested in the catalog.

• Feb. 21. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2533, NIES-2534  Skeletonema dohrnii
NIES-2535, NIES-2536  Skeletonema japonicum
NIES-2537  Skeletonema tropicum
NIES-2716  Hemiselmis andersenii

• Jan. 28. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2774, NIES-2775  Calyptrosphaera sphaeroidea

• Jan. 25. 2013

We have changed "difficult to transport" starin to "Fragile species to transportaion stress" and "Fragile species to temperature changes".

• Jan. 16. 2013

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2743 Chlamydomonas media
NIES-2744 Chlamydomonas pseudomacrostigma

• Jan. 11. 2013

We updated the coccolithophorids strains with recent state as "coccolith bearing cells", "naked cells", or "under recovery for coccolith bearing".

2012

• Dec. 27. 2012

We have changed species names of Chattonella antiqua (10 strains) and Chattonella ovata (5 strains) to Chattonella marina var. antiqua and Chattonella marina var. ovata, respectively.

• Dec. 21. 2012

Notification of species name change in NIES-39, 45, 46, 597.
We changed "Spirulina platensis " to "Arthrospira platensis ".

• Dec. 20. 2012

Newly deposited strains are now available.
NIES-2736, NIES-2737, NIES-2738, NIES-2739Volvox ferrisii
NIES-2740Volvox kirkiorum
NIES-2745 Esquamula lacrimiformis

Notification of species name change in NIES-543.
We changed "Volvox prolificus " to "V. kirkiorum ".

We have changed the starin receipt-form with questionnaire. When sending your feedback to our collection, please, use the new form.

Search results are downloadable as a CSV file.

Genome sequence of Spirulina platensis  NIES-39 (Syn. Arthrospira platensis ) is available at  NITE  DOGAN     (http://www.bio.nite.go.jp/dogan/MicroTop?GENOME_ID=apl)

NIES-2166 Coccomyxa  sp. is now available. This strains is in the process of genome sequencing as Coccomyxa sp. C-169. （http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genomeprj?term=C-169）

We have changed the application forms (to bi-directional). Please use the new ones for ordering and deposition of strains; otherwise we will request the re-send of the forms.


We have just published ‘NIES-Collection, List of Strains, 8th Edition.’ Please request to the e-mail address of the NIES-Collection if you are interested in the catalog.

The URL address of this homepage has been changed to http://mcc.nies.go.jp. Please change the bookmark.

2232 strain data appear in the homepage (including 199   IAM strains moved to NIES)

Genome information appears in “Topics”

“Search” and “online order” started