Strain Data

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 )
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
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, 4074, 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, 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

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, 4074, 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, 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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