Strain number NIES-4103  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nostoc sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Sawa, Katori, Chiba, Japan (2008-04-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.805996 / 140.470123 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Water)  
History < Hirose, Yuu < Katayama, Mitsunori  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katayama, Mitsunori (2008-05-01)  
Identified by Katayama, Mitsunori  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  7 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP018288 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018289 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : CIT020  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth 
Movie  
Reference
McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A., Willis, A. 2023 Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). J. Phycol., 59, 326-341.
Strain(s): 21262665358541034490 
PubMed: 36680435
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13317

Arsın, S., Delbaje, E., Jokela, J., Wahlsten, M., Farrar, Z. M., Permi, P., Fewer, D. 2023 A plastic biosynthetic pathway for the production of structurally distinct microbial sunscreens. ACS Chem. Biol., 18, 1959–1967.
Strain(s): 257326721002107210921112130375537563757397440734102410341054106 
PubMed: 37603862
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00112

Tamre, E. & Fournier, G. P. 2022 Inferred ancestry of scytonemin biosynthesis proteins in cyanobacteria indicates a response to Paleoproterozoic oxygenation. Geobiology, 20, 764–775.
Keywords: Bayesian phylogenetics; cyanobacteria; Paleoproterozoic; photoprotection; scytonemin; UVA radiation
Strain(s): 212325262672108211137564073407440754103 
PubMed: 35851984
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12514

Alvarenga, D. O., Andreote, A. P. D., Branco, L. H. Z., Delbaje, E., Cruz, R. B., Varani, A. D., Fiore, M. F. 2021 Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 71, 004811 (article ID).
Keywords: Nostocaceae; phyllosphere; anthropogenic dark earth; nitrogen fixation; phylogenomics
Strain(s): 4103 
PubMed: 34032563
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004811

Gao, J.-J., Zhang, L.. Peng, R.-H., Wang, B., Feng, H.-J., Li, Z.-J., Yao, Q.-H. 2021 Recombinant expression of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 glutathione S-transferase in Arabidopsis thaliana: an efficient tool for phytoremediation of thiocyanate. Biotechnol. Biotechnol. Equip., 34, 494-505.
Keywords: Thiocyanate; Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1; Arabidopsis thaliana; transgenic; enhance phytoremediation; glutathione S-transferase; degradation
Strain(s): 209821344103 
DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2020.1779127

Hirose, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Shimura, Y., Fujisawa, T., Kanesaki, Y., Katoh, H., Katayama, M., Yamaguchi, H., Yoshikawa, H., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T., Nakamura, Y., Kawachi, M. 2021 Genome sequencing of the NIES Cyanobacteria collection with a focus on the heterocyst-forming clade. DNA Res., 28, dsab024 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; genome; heterocyst; culture collection; taxonomy
Strain(s): 1921222325375073267806932209821002107210921112130213532753585375739744073407440754101410241034106 
PubMed: 34677568
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab024

MacCready, J. S., Basalla, J. L., Vecchiarelli, A. G. 2020 Origin and evolution of carboxysome positioning systems in cyanobacteria. Mol. Biol. Evol., 37, 1434–1451.
Strain(s): 212225263039447387882675928068439329702098210021072108211125493275375437563974407340744075410141034106 
PubMed: 31899489
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz308

Baqué, M., Napoli, A., Fagliarone, C., Moeller, R., de Vera, J. P., Billi, D. 2020 Carotenoid raman signatures are better preserved in dried cells of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis than in hydrated counterparts after high-dose gamma irradiation. Life-Basel, 10, 83 (article ID).
Keywords: biosignatures; extremophiles; ionizing radiation; Raman spectroscopy; cyanobacteria; Mars exploration
Strain(s): 252100407341034105 
PubMed: 32521820
DOI: 10.3390/life10060083

Magonono, M., Oberholster, P. J., Addmore, S., Stanley, M., Gumbo, J. R. 2018 The presence of toxic and non-toxic Cyanobacteria in the sediments of the Limpopo River Basin: Implications for human health. Toxins, 10, 269 (article ID).
Keywords: cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; nutrient enrichment; akinetes; harmful algal blooms; PCR; phylogenetic analyses
Strain(s): 40744103 
PubMed: 29970791
DOI: 10.3390/toxins10070269

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