Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-4073
Phylum		Cyanophyta
Class		Cyanophyceae
Scientific name		Scytonema sp.
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
Locality (Date of collection)		Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (2004--)
Latitude / Longitude		35.36 / 139.56
Habitat (Isolation source)		Terrestrial (Nostoc commune)
History		< Katoh, Hiroshi
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Katoh, Hiroshi (2012--)
Identified by		Katoh, Hiroshi
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: MDM (agar) Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 6-10 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information		nearly complete genome ( AP018268 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB694929 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018264-AP018267 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Filamentous
Characteristics		Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation　 (aerobic condition, Modified BG-11₀ medium) ; Genome decoded strain
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : YK-02
Remarks		Cryopreserved; Axenic
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Reference
Nowruzi, B., Hutarova, L., Vešelenyiova, D., Metcalf, J. S. 2024 Characterization of Neowestiellopsis persica A1387 (Hapalosiphonaceae) based on the cpcA, psbA, rpoC1, nifH and nifD gene sequences. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 57 (article ID). Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Phylogenetic analysis; Neowestiellopsis persica, cpcA Strain(s): 21, 22, 23, 25, 50, 73, 267, 592, 2098, 2100, 2107, 3275, 3754, 3756, 3974, 4073, 4074, 4101, 4103, 4106 PubMed: 38711016 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02244-z Arsın, S., Delbaje, E., Jokela, J., Wahlsten, M., Farrar, Z. M., Permi, P., Fewer, D. 2023 A plastic biosynthetic pathway for the production of structurally distinct microbial sunscreens. ACS Chem. Biol., 18, 1959–1967. Strain(s): 25, 73, 267, 2100, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2130, 3755, 3756, 3757, 3974, 4073, 4102, 4103, 4105, 4106 PubMed: 37603862 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00112 Tamre, E. & Fournier, G. P. 2022 Inferred ancestry of scytonemin biosynthesis proteins in cyanobacteria indicates a response to Paleoproterozoic oxygenation. Geobiology, 20, 764–775. Keywords: Bayesian phylogenetics; cyanobacteria; Paleoproterozoic; photoprotection; scytonemin; UVA radiation Strain(s): 21, 23, 25, 26, 267, 2108, 2111, 3756, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4103 PubMed: 35851984 DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12514 Hirose, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Shimura, Y., Fujisawa, T., Kanesaki, Y., Katoh, H., Katayama, M., Yamaguchi, H., Yoshikawa, H., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T., Nakamura, Y., Kawachi, M. 2021 Genome sequencing of the NIES Cyanobacteria collection with a focus on the heterocyst-forming clade. DNA Res., 28, dsab024 (article ID). Keywords: Cyanobacteria; genome; heterocyst; culture collection; taxonomy Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 37, 50, 73, 267, 806, 932, 2098, 2100, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2130, 2135, 3275, 3585, 3757, 3974, 4070, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4106 PubMed: 34677568 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab024 MacCready, J. S., Basalla, J. L., Vecchiarelli, A. G. 2020 Origin and evolution of carboxysome positioning systems in cyanobacteria. Mol. Biol. Evol., 37, 1434–1451. Strain(s): 21, 22, 25, 26, 30, 39, 44, 73, 87, 88, 267, 592, 806, 843, 932, 970, 2098, 2100, 2107, 2108, 2111, 2549, 3275, 3754, 3756, 3974, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4101, 4103, 4106 PubMed: 31899489 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz308 Baqué, M., Napoli, A., Fagliarone, C., Moeller, R., de Vera, J. P., Billi, D. 2020 Carotenoid raman signatures are better preserved in dried cells of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis than in hydrated counterparts after high-dose gamma irradiation. Life-Basel, 10, 83 (article ID). Keywords: biosignatures; extremophiles; ionizing radiation; Raman spectroscopy; cyanobacteria; Mars exploration Strain(s): 25, 2100, 4073, 4103, 4105 PubMed: 32521820 DOI: 10.3390/life10060083 Johansen, JR., Mareš, J., Pietrasiak, N., Bohunická, M., Zima, J Jr., Štenclová, L., Hauer, T. 2017 Highly divergent 16S rRNA sequences in ribosomal operons of Scytonema hyalinum (Cyanobacteria). PLoS One, 12, e0186393 (article ID). Strain(s): 2130, 4073 PubMed: 29073157 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186393

Reference

Nowruzi, B., Hutarova, L., Vešelenyiova, D., Metcalf, J. S. 2024 Characterization of Neowestiellopsis persica A1387 (Hapalosiphonaceae) based on the cpcA, psbA, rpoC1, nifH and nifD gene sequences. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 57 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Phylogenetic analysis; Neowestiellopsis persica, cpcA
Strain(s): 21, 22, 23, 25, 50, 73, 267, 592, 2098, 2100, 2107, 3275, 3754, 3756, 3974, 4073, 4074, 4101, 4103, 4106
PubMed: 38711016
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02244-z

Arsın, S., Delbaje, E., Jokela, J., Wahlsten, M., Farrar, Z. M., Permi, P., Fewer, D. 2023 A plastic biosynthetic pathway for the production of structurally distinct microbial sunscreens. ACS Chem. Biol., 18, 1959–1967.
Strain(s): 25, 73, 267, 2100, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2130, 3755, 3756, 3757, 3974, 4073, 4102, 4103, 4105, 4106
PubMed: 37603862
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00112

Tamre, E. & Fournier, G. P. 2022 Inferred ancestry of scytonemin biosynthesis proteins in cyanobacteria indicates a response to Paleoproterozoic oxygenation. Geobiology, 20, 764–775.
Keywords: Bayesian phylogenetics; cyanobacteria; Paleoproterozoic; photoprotection; scytonemin; UVA radiation
Strain(s): 21, 23, 25, 26, 267, 2108, 2111, 3756, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4103
PubMed: 35851984
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12514

Hirose, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Shimura, Y., Fujisawa, T., Kanesaki, Y., Katoh, H., Katayama, M., Yamaguchi, H., Yoshikawa, H., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T., Nakamura, Y., Kawachi, M. 2021 Genome sequencing of the NIES Cyanobacteria collection with a focus on the heterocyst-forming clade. DNA Res., 28, dsab024 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; genome; heterocyst; culture collection; taxonomy
Strain(s): 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 37, 50, 73, 267, 806, 932, 2098, 2100, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2130, 2135, 3275, 3585, 3757, 3974, 4070, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4101, 4102, 4103, 4106
PubMed: 34677568
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab024

MacCready, J. S., Basalla, J. L., Vecchiarelli, A. G. 2020 Origin and evolution of carboxysome positioning systems in cyanobacteria. Mol. Biol. Evol., 37, 1434–1451.
Strain(s): 21, 22, 25, 26, 30, 39, 44, 73, 87, 88, 267, 592, 806, 843, 932, 970, 2098, 2100, 2107, 2108, 2111, 2549, 3275, 3754, 3756, 3974, 4073, 4074, 4075, 4101, 4103, 4106
PubMed: 31899489
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz308

Baqué, M., Napoli, A., Fagliarone, C., Moeller, R., de Vera, J. P., Billi, D. 2020 Carotenoid raman signatures are better preserved in dried cells of the desert cyanobacterium Chroococcidiopsis than in hydrated counterparts after high-dose gamma irradiation. Life-Basel, 10, 83 (article ID).
Keywords: biosignatures; extremophiles; ionizing radiation; Raman spectroscopy; cyanobacteria; Mars exploration
Strain(s): 25, 2100, 4073, 4103, 4105
PubMed: 32521820
DOI: 10.3390/life10060083

Johansen, JR., Mareš, J., Pietrasiak, N., Bohunická, M., Zima, J Jr., Štenclová, L., Hauer, T. 2017 Highly divergent 16S rRNA sequences in ribosomal operons of Scytonema hyalinum (Cyanobacteria). PLoS One, 12, e0186393 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2130, 4073
PubMed: 29073157
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186393

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