Strain number NIES-28  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Desmonostoc sp.  
Synonym  
Former name Nostoc linckia var. arvense C.B. Rao  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ishikawa, Masako  
Identified by Fukushima, Hiroshi; Maruyama, Ko; Watanabe, Makoto M. (Reidentify)  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MDM (agar)  
Temperature:  20 (25) C
Light intensity:  4-10 (14-16) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  4 M (14 D)  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( LC215283 AB325907 ) petH ( AB251892 ) , nrtP ( AB325914 ) , groES, groEL ( AB325911 )  
Cell size (min - max) 7 - 9 μm  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-30
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth 
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