Strain number NIES-2118  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Leptolyngbya sp.  
Synonym  
Former name Oscillatoria sp.  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < IAM (2007) < Safferman, R. S.  
Isolator (Date of isolation)  
Identified by Re-identified by DNA analysis at NIES  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2013 Jan.]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MDM (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  13-18 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB003163 ) , gyrB ( AB074775 ) , groEL ( AB039642 ) , rpoC1 ( AB074798 ) , rpoD1 ( AB074825 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-117
Other strain no. : CU 1407/1  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Reference
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): 19212228303437414445507378798081204208510512515592593610843846847209320962098210021022107210821182119212321242125212621282129213121323259327532763277 

Ishida, T., Watanabe, M. M., Sugiyama, J., Yokota, A. 2001 Evidence for polyphyletic origin of the members of the orders of Oscillatoriales and Pleurocapsales as determined by 16S rDNA analysis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 201, 79-82.
Keywords: cyanobacterium; Pleurocapsales; 16S rDNA; phylogeny
Strain(s): 272085102116211821192128 
PubMed: 11445171
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2001.tb10736.x

Honda, D., Yokota, A., Sugiyama, J. 1999 Detection of seven major evolutionary lineages in cyanobacteria based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis with new sequences of five marine Synechococcus strains. J. Mol. Evol., 48, 723-739.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; Synechococcus; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA; maximum-likelihood method; neighbor-joining method; rate homo- and heterogeneous models
Strain(s): 27208510211621182119 
PubMed: 10229577
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006517

Ishida, T., Yokota, A., Sugiyama, J. 1997 Phylogenetic relationships of filamentous cyanobacterial taxa inferred from 16S rRNA sequence divergence. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 43, 237-241.
Keywords: filamentous cyanobacteria; molecular phylogeny; Oscillatoriales; 16S rRNA
Strain(s): 272085102116211821192128 
PubMed: 12501325
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.43.237

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