Strain number | NIES-2114 | |||
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Phylum | Cyanophyta | |||
Class | Cyanophyceae | |||
Scientific name | Nostoc sp. | |||
Synonym | ||||
Former name | ||||
Common name | Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria | |||
Locality (Date of collection) | Harima Campus for Science, Univrersity of Hyogo, Himeji, Hyogo Japan (2002-**-**) | |||
Latitude / Longitude | 34.928516 / 134.445362 | |||
Habitat (Isolation source) | Terrestrial | |||
History | < IAM (2007) < Katoh, Hiroshi | |||
Isolator (Date of isolation) | Katoh, Hiroshi | |||
Identified by | Katoh, Hiroshi | |||
State of strain | Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic | |||
Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
BG-11 (agar)
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 4-5 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 6 M |
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Gene information | 16S rRNA ( AB694927 ) | |||
Cell size (min - max) | ||||
Organization | Filamentous | |||
Characteristics | Drought tolerance | |||
Other strain no. |
Other collection strain no. : IAM M-294
Other strain no. : HK-02 |
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Remarks | Cryopreserved; Very slow growth | |||
Movie |
Reference |
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Kimura, Y., Kimura, S., Sato, S., Katho, H., Abe, T., Arai, M., Tomita-Yokotani, K.
2015
Evoluation of a cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01, as food material for space agriculture on Mars.
Biological Sciences in Space,
29,
24-31.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Food; Martian regolith simulant (MRS); Nostoc sp. HK-01; Radicalscavenging activity; Space Agriculture Strain(s): 2109, 2114 DOI: 10.2187/bss.29.24 Katoh, H., Furukawa, J., Tomita-Yokotani, K. and Nishi 2012 Isolation and purification of an axenic diazotrophic drought-tolerant cyanobacterium, Nostoc commune, from natural cyanobacterial crusts and its utilization for field research on soils polluted with radioisotopes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Bioenerg., 18, 1499-1505. Keywords: Cyanobacterium; Nostoc commune; Desiccation; Radiation; Space agriculture Strain(s): 2114 PubMed: 22417797 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.02.039 |
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