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Strain number NIES-28  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Desmonostoc sp.  
Synonym  
Former name Nostoc linckia var. arvense C.B. Rao  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < IAM (1983);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ishikawa, Masako  
Identified by Fukushima, Hiroshi; Maruyama, Ko; Watanabe, Makoto M. (Reidentify)  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MDM (agar)  
Temperature:  20 (25) C
Light intensity:  4-10 (14-16) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  4 M (14 D)  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( LC215283 AB325907 ) , petH ( AB251892 ) , nrtP ( AB325914 ) , groES, groEL ( AB325911 )  
Cell size (min - max) 7 - 9 μm  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-30
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-39
Arthrospira platensis Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Salt water Autotrophic ; Genome decoded strain (Fujisawa et al. 2010) ; Hydrogen evolution ; Contains good quality of proteins  
NIES-422
Carteria inversa Green alga   Freshwater (Pond water)  
NIES-2102
Cylindrospermum muscicola Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria    
NIES-479
Microthamnion kützingianum Green alga   Freshwater (River water)  
NIES-451
Closterium praelongum Desmid   Freshwater (Pond sediment) Homothallic  
Reference
Ichimura, T. & Itoh, T. 1977 17. Preservation methods of microalgae (I) [17. Bisaisôrui no hozonhô (I)]. In Preservation methods of microorganisms [Biseibutsu Hozonhô], Ed. by Nei, T., University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, pp. 355-373 (in Japanese).
Strain(s): 19212223242728303132333436373839404144454647484950122123127131144152173175179180181182183185198200203206217226227241266267268295309310334338379436448450455527 

Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
Strain(s): 192122232425262728293031323334353637383940414445465051525354555658596061626364656667686970737475767778798081878990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112119120122123125127128129130131132133134135137138139144147151152153154155156157158159160162163164165166167168170171172173174175176177178179180181182183185186187188189191192193194197198199200201202203204205206207208209210211212213214215216217224226227228229230231232241242243244245246248257259261263266267268287288289290294295297298299300301302303305306308309310312313329334337338339340341342349351359360361362375378379380382384385390394396397398415416418419421422423424425426427428429430431432433434436437438439440446447448449450451452453454455456457458459460464468469474478479480481503504505506507509510512514515522523524527528529530531532536537538539540541542543544545546564565566567568569570571572573574575576577578579580581582583584585592593594595596597598604610628630631632633634635636637638639640641642643644645646647648649650651652653654655656657658659660661662663664665666667672685686687688689690691692693694717718719720721722723724725726727728729 

Watanabe, A. 1960 List of algal strains in collection at the Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Tokyo. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 6, 283-292.
Strain(s): 192122232425262829374749226227 

Hosoya, R., Hamana, K., Isobe, M., Yokota, A. 2005 Polyamine distribution profiles within Cyanobacteria. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 21, 3-8.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; spermidine
Strain(s): 19212228303437414445507378798081204208510512515592593610843846847209320962098210021022107210821182119212321242125212621282129213121323259327532763277 

Arima, H., Horiguchi, N., Takaichi, S., Kofuji, R., Ishida, K-I., Wada, K., Sakamoto, T. 2012 Molecular genetic and chemotaxonomic characterization of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune and its neighboring species. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 79, 34-45.
Keywords: Anhydrobiosis; carotenoid; ferredoxin-NADP; oxidoreductase; nitrate/nitrite transporter; random amplified polymorphic DNA; water stress protein
Strain(s): 24282107210825382539 
PubMed: 22066798
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01195.x

Almeida, A. V. M., Vaz, M. G. M. V., de Castro, N. V., Genuário, D. B., Oder, J. C., de Souza, P. A. M., Martins, S. B., Machado, M., Nunes-Nesi, A., Araújo, W. L. 2023 How diverse a genus can be: An integrated multi-layered analysis into Desmonostoc (Nostocaceae, Cyanobacteriota). Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 46, 126422 (article ID).
Keywords: Diversity; Growth; Metabolism; Nif genes; Physiology; Phylogeny
Strain(s): 252820942107 
PubMed: 37119668
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126422

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