Strain number NIES-2471  
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, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan (2005-07-17)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.13305555 / 140.33555555 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Tanabe, Yuuhiko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Tanabe, Yuuhiko (2005-08-05)  
Identified by Tanabe, Yuuhiko  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  15-25 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information ftsZ ( AB465893 ) , glnA ( AB465894 ) , gltX ( AB465895 ) , gyrB ( AB465896 ) , pgi ( AB465897 ) , recA ( AB465898 ) , tpi ( AB465899 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Indicator, Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST102 (Tanabe, Y. et al. 2009b)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Ks05IS19  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Toxicity 
Movie  
Reference
Tanabe, Y. 2010 "Biological species recognition" within the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis. IFO Res. Commun., 24, 69-79 (in Japanese with English summary).
Keywords: Microcystis; MLST; microcystin synthetase; recombination; biological species recognition
Strain(s): 246624672468247124722473247424752476247724782479248224832484248524862487248824892491249224932494249524962542254325442545254625472548255025512552255325542556255725582559256125912592259325942595259625972598259926002601260226032604260526062607260826092610261126122617261826192620262126222623262426252626262726282629 

Tanabe, Y., Kasai, F., Watanabe, M. M. 2009a Fine-scale spatial and temporal genetic differentiation of water bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa: revealed by multilocus sequence typing. Environ. Microbiol. Rep., 1, 575-582.
Strain(s): 247124722473247424752476247724782479248224832484 
PubMed: 23765937
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00088.x

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