Strain number NIES-843  
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  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan (1997-08-28)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.01333333 / 140.36638888 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Otsuka, Shigeto  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Otsuka, Shigeto (1997-08-28)  
Identified by Otsuka, Shigeto  
State of strain Subculture / Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MA  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP009552 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB035549 ) , ftsZ ( AB324867 ) , glnA ( AB324946 ) , gltX ( AB325025 ) , gyrB ( AB325104 ) , pgi ( AB325183 ) , recA ( AB325262 ) , tpi ( AB325341 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Offensive odor ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Planktonic ; Type strain (Otsuka et al. 2001) ; Genome decoded strain (Kaneko et al. 2007) ; ST18 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-247
Other strain no. : NC7  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Toxicity 
Movie  
Reference
Dahedl, E. K. & Urakawa, H. 2023 Differential effects of hydrogen peroxide and L-lysine treatments on the growth of freshwater Cyanophyta and Chlorophyta. Ecologies, 4, 355-370.
Keywords: hydrogen peroxide; L-lysine; algaecide; Microcystis aeruginosa; cyanobacteria
Strain(s): 881028434325 
DOI: 10.3390/ecologies4020023

Li, Z.-M., Hu, Z., Wang, X., Chen, S., Yu, W., Liu, J., Li, Z 2023 Biochemical and Structural Insights into a Thiamine Diphosphate-Dependent α-Ketoglutarate Decarboxylase from Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 24, 12198 (article ID).
Keywords: α-ketoglutarate decarboxylase; Microcystis aeruginosa; biochemical characterization; structural modeling
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 37569577
DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512198

Sarasa-Buisán, C., Guío, J., Castro, C., Bes, M. T., Fillat, M. F., Peleato, M. L. 2023 Contributions on Lindane Degradation by Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. Water, 14, 1219 (article ID).
Keywords: Microcystis; lindane; linC; pesticides; bioremediation
Strain(s): 843 
DOI: 10.3390/w14081219

Xu, S., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Gao, B. 2021 Proteomic mechanisms for the combined stimulatory effects of glyphosate and antibiotic contaminants on Microcystis aeruginosa. Chemosphere, 267, 129244 (article ID).
Keywords: Hormesis; Combined pollution; Synergistic stimulation; Cyanobacterial bloom; Protein-protein interaction network
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 33321278
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129244

Arii, S., Yamashita, R., Tsuji, K., Tomita, K., Hasegawa, M., Bober, B., Harada, K. 2021 Differences in susceptibility of cyanobacteria species to lytic volatile organic compounds and influence on seasonal succession. Chemosphere, 284, 131378 (article ID).
Keywords: Susceptibility; Volatile organic compounds (VOCs); β-Cyclocitral; Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC); Seasonal succession
Strain(s): 1021122988088431642165216961728 
PubMed: 34217930
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131378

Rogers, J. E., Devereux, R., James, J. B., George, S. E., Forshay, K. J. 2021 Seasonal distribution of cyanobacteria in three urban eutrophic lakes results from an epidemic-like response to environmental conditions. Curr. Microbiol., 78, 2298-2316.
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 33904973
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02498-6

Wang, K. & Mou, X. 2021 Coordinated diel gene expression of cyanobacteria and their microbiome. Microorganisms, 9, 1670 (article ID).
Keywords: Microcystis; cyanobacterial blooms; diel transcription; microbiome
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 34442749
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9081670

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): 2688592843254937543756 
PubMed: 31899489
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz308

Erratt, K. J., Creed, I. F., Trick, C. G. 2020 Differential drawdown of ammonium, nitrate, and urea by freshwater chlorophytes and Cyanobacteria. J. Phycol., 56, 458-468.
Strain(s): 88843 
PubMed: 31875965
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12960

Jiang, Y., Liu, Y., Zhang, J. 2020 Antibiotic contaminants reduced the treatment efficiency of UV-C on Microcystis aeruginosa through hormesis. Environ. Pollut., 261, 114193 (article ID).
Keywords: Combined pollution; Ultraviolet irradiation; Cyanobacterial control; Microcystins; Proteomic resp
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 32088440
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114193

Thakong, W., Shimizu, K., Kodato, M., Iwami, N., Whangchai, N., Itayama,T. 2020 Sequencing of 18S rRNA gene of Bdelloid rotifers and design of the primers for real-time PCR. Maejo Int. J. Energ. Environ. Commun., 1-2, 55-63.
Keywords: Rotifer; 18S rRNA gene; Specific primer; In-fusion cloning; Real-time PCR
Strain(s): 843 

Asukabe, H., Akahori, S., Ueno, E., Nakayama, T., Yamashita, R., Arii, S., Harada, K., Imanishi, S. Y. 2020 Cyanobacterial classification with the toxicity using MALDI Biotyper. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 31, 1572-1578.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; MALDI Biotyper; microcystins; profiling
Strain(s): 4281878910010110210310410510711111226629847851259260480880983584393193298110251043105810611064106810691071107610851099110111051113111511261133113411351144115712151642165216681672167316983708373337343756 
PubMed: 32501712
DOI: 10.1021/jasms.0c00148

Wei, K., Amano, Y., Machida, M. 2020 Impacts of different extracellular polysaccharides on colony formation and buoyancy of Microcystis aeruginosa. Ann. Limnol.-Int. J. Limnol., 56, 28 (article ID).
Keywords: Microcystis; buoyancy; colony formation; extracellular polysaccharides; tightly cell-bound extracellular polysaccharides
Strain(s): 843 
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2020026

Pound, H. L. & Wilhelm, S. W. 2020 Tracing the active genetic diversity of Microcystis and Microcystis phage through a temporal survey of Taihu. PLoS One, 15, e0244482 (article ID).
Strain(s): 88843 
PubMed: 33370358
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244482

Cao, H., Shimura, Y., Steffen, M. M., Yang, Z., Lu, J., Joel, A., Jenkins, L., Kawachi, M., Yin, Y., Garcia-Pichel, F. 2020 The trait repertoire enabling cyanobacteria to bloom assessed through comparative genomic complexity and metatranscriptomics. mBio, 11, e01155-20 (article ID).
Keywords: Symbiodiniaceae; Durusdinium trenchii; WGS; MAAs; GMC oxidoreductase
Strain(s): 81843 
PubMed: 32605986
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01155-20

Yu, Y., Zeng, Y., Li, J., Yang, C., Zhang, X., Luo, F., Dai, X. 2019 An algicidal Streptomyces amritsarensis strain against Microcystis aeruginosa strongly inhibits microcystin synthesis simultaneously. Sci. Total Environ., 650, 34-43.
Keywords: Harmful algal blooms; Microcystins; Algicidal activity; Streptomyces amritsarensis
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 30195130
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.433

Wei, K., Jung, S., Amano, Y., Machida, M. 2019 Control of the buoyancy of Microcystis aeruginosa via colony formation induced by regulating extracellular polysaccharides and cationic ions. SN Applied Sciences, 1, 1573 (article ID).
Keywords: Buoyancy; Colony formation; Extracellular polysaccharides; Cationic ions; Microcystis
Strain(s): 843 
DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-1637-3

Liu, J., Yang, C., Chi, Y., Wu, D., Dai, X., Zhang, X., Igarashi, Y., Luo, F. 2019 Algicidal characterization and mechanism of Bacillus licheniformis Sp34 against Microcystis aeruginosa in Dianchi Lake. J. Basic Microbiol., 59, 1112-1124.
Keywords: Bacillus licheniformis; Microcystis aeruginosa; algicidal bacterium; biocontrol agent; cyanobacterial blooms
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 31502316
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201900112

González-Pleitera, M., Cirésa, S., Hurtado-Gallego, J., Leganés, F., Fernández-Piñas, F., Velázquez, D. 2019 Chapter 20 - Ecotoxicological assessment of antibiotics in freshwater using cyanobacteria. In Cyanobacteria: From Basic Science to Applications, Eds. by Mishra, A. K., Tiwari, D. N., Rai, A. N., Academic Press, pp. 339-417.
Keywords: Anabaena; Antibiotics; Biomarker; Bioreporter; Cyanobacteria; Ecotoxicology; Freshwater; Oxidative stress; Risk assessment
Strain(s): 23107843 
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-814667-5.00020-9

Zhao, L., Song, Y., Li, L., Gan, N., Brand, JJ., Song, L. 2018 The highly heterogeneous methylated genomes and diverserestriction-modification systems of bloom-forming Microcystis. Harmful Algae, 75, 87-93.
Keywords: Cyanobacterial bloom; DNA methylation modification; Epigenetics; Methyltransferase; Microcystis; SMRT
Strain(s): 8432549 
PubMed: 29778228
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.04.005

Hua, C., Ludsinb, S. A., Martinc, J. F., Dittmannd, E., Lee, J. 2018 Mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs)—producing Microcystis in Lake Erie:Development of a qPCR assay and insight into its ecology. Harmful Algae, 77, 1–10.
Keywords: Shinorine; Porphyra; UV irradiation; Sunscreen; Eutrophication; Harmful algal bloom
Strain(s): 843 
PubMed: 30005796
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2018.05.010

Hosoya, R., Hamana, K., Isobe, M., Yokota, A. 2005 Polyamine distribution profiles within Cyanobacteria. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 21, 3-8.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; spermidine
Strain(s): 34457879812045105125925936108438468472096210221182123212521262128212921312132325932763277 

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