| Strain number | NIES-3991 | |||
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| Phylum | Cyanophyta | |||
| Class | Cyanophyceae | |||
| Scientific name | Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flauhault | |||
| Synonym | ||||
| Former name | ||||
| Common name | Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria | |||
| Locality (Date of collection) | Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan (2014-05-01) | |||
| Latitude / Longitude | 36.550716 / 136.705116 | |||
| Habitat (Isolation source) | Terrestrial | |||
| History | < Sakamoto, Toshio | |||
| Isolator (Date of isolation) | Sakamoto, Toshio | |||
| Identified by | Sakamoto, Toshio | |||
| State of strain | Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-axenic[2017 Mar] | |||
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Culture condition (Preculture condition) |
Medium:
Modified BG-110 (agar)
Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 15-23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 3 M |
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| Gene information | 16S rRNA ( LC013478 ) , Dps family protein ( LC369118 LC369114 ) | |||
| Cell size (min - max) | ||||
| Organization | Filamentous | |||
| Characteristics | Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation (aerobic condition, N-Free medium) | |||
| Other strain no. | Other strain no. : KU008 | |||
| Remarks | Cryopreserved; Very slow growth | |||
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| Reference |
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Inoue-Sakamoto, K., Tanji, Y., Yamaba, M., Natsume, T., Masaura, T., Asano, T., Nishiuchi, T., Sakamoto, T.
2018
Characterization of extracellular matrix components from the desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium Nostoc commune.
J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol.,
64,
15-25.
Keywords: anhydrobiosis; desiccation tolerance; extracellular polysaccharide (EPS); superoxide dismutase (SOD); water stress protein (WspA) Strain(s): 2108, 2538, 3989, 3990, 3991 PubMed: 29225284 DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2017.03.001 |
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