Strain Data

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Strain number		NIES-4103
Phylum		Cyanophyta
Class		Cyanophyceae
Scientific name		Nostoc sp.
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
Locality (Date of collection)		Sawa, Katori, Chiba, Japan (2008-04-01)
Latitude / Longitude		35.805996 / 140.470123
Habitat (Isolation source)		Freshwater (Water)
History		< Hirose, Yuu < Katayama, Mitsunori
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Katayama, Mitsunori (2008-05-01)
Identified by		Katayama, Mitsunori
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: BG-11 (agar) Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 7 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 2 M
Gene information		Whole-genome ( AP018288 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018289 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Filamentous
Characteristics		Genome decoded strain
Other strain no.		Other strain no. : CIT020
Remarks		Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth
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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 Uniyal, S., Singh, P., Singh, R. K., Tiwari, S. P. 2024 Effects of Nostoc sp. inoculation on the yield and quality of a medicinal plant, Allium sativum. J. Appl. Phycol., 36, 3287–3300. Strain(s): 4103 DOI: 10.1007/s10811-024-03309-8 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 McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A., Willis, A. 2023 Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). J. Phycol., 59, 326-341. Strain(s): 21, 26, 2665, 3585, 4103, 4490 PubMed: 36680435 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13317 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 Alvarenga, D. O., Andreote, A. P. D., Branco, L. H. Z., Delbaje, E., Cruz, R. B., Varani, A. D., Fiore, M. F. 2021 Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 71, 004811 (article ID). Keywords: Nostocaceae; phyllosphere; anthropogenic dark earth; nitrogen fixation; phylogenomics Strain(s): 4103 PubMed: 34032563 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004811 Gao, J.-J., Zhang, L.. Peng, R.-H., Wang, B., Feng, H.-J., Li, Z.-J., Yao, Q.-H. 2021 Recombinant expression of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 glutathione S-transferase in Arabidopsis thaliana: an efficient tool for phytoremediation of thiocyanate. Biotechnol. Biotechnol. Equip., 34, 494-505. Keywords: Thiocyanate; Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1; Arabidopsis thaliana; transgenic; enhance phytoremediation; glutathione S-transferase; degradation Strain(s): 2098, 2134, 4103 DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2020.1779127 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 Magonono, M., Oberholster, P. J., Addmore, S., Stanley, M., Gumbo, J. R. 2018 The presence of toxic and non-toxic Cyanobacteria in the sediments of the Limpopo River Basin: Implications for human health. Toxins, 10, 269 (article ID). Keywords: cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; nutrient enrichment; akinetes; harmful algal blooms; PCR; phylogenetic analyses Strain(s): 4074, 4103 PubMed: 29970791 DOI: 10.3390/toxins10070269

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

Uniyal, S., Singh, P., Singh, R. K., Tiwari, S. P. 2024 Effects of Nostoc sp. inoculation on the yield and quality of a medicinal plant, Allium sativum. J. Appl. Phycol., 36, 3287–3300.
Strain(s): 4103
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-024-03309-8

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

McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A., Willis, A. 2023 Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). J. Phycol., 59, 326-341.
Strain(s): 21, 26, 2665, 3585, 4103, 4490
PubMed: 36680435
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13317

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

Alvarenga, D. O., Andreote, A. P. D., Branco, L. H. Z., Delbaje, E., Cruz, R. B., Varani, A. D., Fiore, M. F. 2021 Amazonocrinis nigriterrae gen. nov., sp. nov., Atlanticothrix silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov. and Dendronalium phyllosphericum gen. nov., sp. nov., nostocacean cyanobacteria from Brazilian environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 71, 004811 (article ID).
Keywords: Nostocaceae; phyllosphere; anthropogenic dark earth; nitrogen fixation; phylogenomics
Strain(s): 4103
PubMed: 34032563
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004811

Gao, J.-J., Zhang, L.. Peng, R.-H., Wang, B., Feng, H.-J., Li, Z.-J., Yao, Q.-H. 2021 Recombinant expression of Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 glutathione S-transferase in Arabidopsis thaliana: an efficient tool for phytoremediation of thiocyanate. Biotechnol. Biotechnol. Equip., 34, 494-505.
Keywords: Thiocyanate; Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1; Arabidopsis thaliana; transgenic; enhance phytoremediation; glutathione S-transferase; degradation
Strain(s): 2098, 2134, 4103
DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2020.1779127

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

Magonono, M., Oberholster, P. J., Addmore, S., Stanley, M., Gumbo, J. R. 2018 The presence of toxic and non-toxic Cyanobacteria in the sediments of the Limpopo River Basin: Implications for human health. Toxins, 10, 269 (article ID).
Keywords: cyanobacteria; cyanotoxins; nutrient enrichment; akinetes; harmful algal blooms; PCR; phylogenetic analyses
Strain(s): 4074, 4103
PubMed: 29970791
DOI: 10.3390/toxins10070269

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