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 
Movie  
Reference
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): 257326721002107210921112130375537563757397440734102410341054106 
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): 212325262672108211137564073407440754103 
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): 1921222325375073267806932209821002107210921112130213532753585375739744073407440754101410241034106 
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): 212225263039447387882675928068439329702098210021072108211125493275375437563974407340744075410141034106 
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): 2521002111 
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): 210921102111 
PubMed: 15695449
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci049

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