Strain Data

Strain number		NIES-2111
Phylum		Cyanophyta
Class		Cyanophyceae
Scientific name		Nostoc sp.
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
Locality (Date of collection)		Kakuma Campus, Kanazawa Univrersity Kanazawa Japan
Latitude / Longitude		36.545214 / 136.704093
Habitat (Isolation source)		Terrestrial
History		< IAM (2007) < Katoh, Hiroshi
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Katoh, Hiroshi
Identified by		Katoh, Hiroshi
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: BG-11 (agar) Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 13-18 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 3 M
Gene information		Whole-genome ( AP018184 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB187508 LC322125 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018185 AP018186 AP018187 AP018188 AP018189 AP018190 AP018191 AP018192 AP018193 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Filamentous
Characteristics		Drought tolerance ; Genome decoded strain
Other strain no.		Other collection strain no. : IAM M-272 Other strain no. : KK-01
Remarks		Cryopreserved; Very slow growth
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Reference
Giannakopoulos, C., Panou, M., Gkelis, S. 2024 Phylogenetic analysis of Nostocales (Cyanobacteria) based on two novel molecular markers, implicated in the nitrogenase biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett.,>, 371, fnad136 (article ID). Keywords: nitrogenase evolution; phylogeny; taxonomy; novel markers; nif genes; ecophysiological characters Strain(s): 21, 23, 25, 2098, 2111, 3756, 4074, 4103, 4106 PubMed: 38168702 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnad136 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 Popin, R. V., Alvarenga, D. O., Castelo-Branco, R., Fewer, D. P., Sivonen, K. 2021 Mining of cyanobacterial genomes indicates natural product biosynthetic gene clusters located in conjugative plasmids. Front. Microbiol., 12, 684565 (article ID). Keywords: cyanobacteria; conjugation; genome mining; toxins; geosmin Strain(s): 25, 2111, 4106 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.684565 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 Churro, C., Semedo-Aguiar, A. P., Silva, A.D., Pereira-Leal, J. B., Leite, R. B. 2020 A novel cyanobacterial geosmin producer, revising GeoA distribution and dispersion patterns in Bacteria. Sci Rep, 10, 8679 (article ID). Strain(s): 25, 2100, 2111 PubMed: 32457360 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64774-y Takaichi, S., Mochimaru, M., Maoka, T., Katoh, H. 2005 Myxol and 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucosides, not rhamnosides, from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102, and proposal for the biosynthetic pathway of carotenoids. Plant Cell Physiol., 46, 497-504. Keywords: Anabaena; carotenogenesis; carotenoid; 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucoside; Nostoc Strain(s): 2109, 2110, 2111 PubMed: 15695449 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci049

Reference

Giannakopoulos, C., Panou, M., Gkelis, S. 2024 Phylogenetic analysis of Nostocales (Cyanobacteria) based on two novel molecular markers, implicated in the nitrogenase biosynthesis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett.,>, 371, fnad136 (article ID).
Keywords: nitrogenase evolution; phylogeny; taxonomy; novel markers; nif genes; ecophysiological characters
Strain(s): 21, 23, 25, 2098, 2111, 3756, 4074, 4103, 4106
PubMed: 38168702
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnad136

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

Popin, R. V., Alvarenga, D. O., Castelo-Branco, R., Fewer, D. P., Sivonen, K. 2021 Mining of cyanobacterial genomes indicates natural product biosynthetic gene clusters located in conjugative plasmids. Front. Microbiol., 12, 684565 (article ID).
Keywords: cyanobacteria; conjugation; genome mining; toxins; geosmin
Strain(s): 25, 2111, 4106
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.684565

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

Churro, C., Semedo-Aguiar, A. P., Silva, A.D., Pereira-Leal, J. B., Leite, R. B. 2020 A novel cyanobacterial geosmin producer, revising GeoA distribution and dispersion patterns in Bacteria. Sci Rep, 10, 8679 (article ID).
Strain(s): 25, 2100, 2111
PubMed: 32457360
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64774-y

Takaichi, S., Mochimaru, M., Maoka, T., Katoh, H. 2005 Myxol and 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucosides, not rhamnosides, from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102, and proposal for the biosynthetic pathway of carotenoids. Plant Cell Physiol., 46, 497-504.
Keywords: Anabaena; carotenogenesis; carotenoid; 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucoside; Nostoc
Strain(s): 2109, 2110, 2111
PubMed: 15695449
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci049

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