Strain number NIES-1458  
Phylum Rhodophyta  
Class Florideophyceae  
Scientific name Batrachospermum virgato-decaisneanum Sirodot  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Red alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Fukui, Japan (2003-05-25)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Higa, Atsushi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Higa, Atsushi (2003-05-**)  
Identified by Kumano, Shigeru  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Bold 3N  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  15-21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Benthic ; Epilithic ; CR+EN  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : BF2  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
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-1439
Bodo saltans   Freshwater (Water) Heterotrophic ; Phagotrophic  
NIES-2325
Eutreptiella sp.   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-995
Mesostigma viride   Freshwater (Pond water) Phototaxis ; Cells larger than normal strains  
NIES-805
Cyclotella meneghiniana Centric diatom   Freshwater (River water)  
NIES-333
Aulacoseira granulata Centric diatom   Freshwater (Lake water)  
Reference
Fukuda, S., Iwamoto, K., Atsumi, M., Yokoyama, A., Nakayama, T., Ishida, K-I., Inouye, I., Shiraiwa, Y. 2014 Global searches for microalgae and aquatic plants that can eliminate radioactive cesium, iodine and strontium from the radio-polluted aquatic environment: a bioremediation strategy. J. Plant Res., 127, 79-89.
Keywords: Algal phytoremediation; Bioaccumulation; Radiopollution; Radionuclide elimination; Radioactive cesium; The Fukushima 1 Nuclear Power Plant accident
Strain(s): 24367115516020323324632933339140541744048750352953153854855358759767872780584385993199510031012101510171031104410451259132613311377138213881411143514391440144114421458172818261831183318401846186218651956213121442146214721502175217621852268232523412352237724122437285428552856285828592860 
PubMed: 24346654
DOI: 10.1007/s10265-013-0596-9

Iwamoto, K. & Shiraiwa, Y. 2017 Accumulation of cesium by aquatic plants and algae. In Impact of Cesium on Plants and the Environment, Eds. by Gupta, D. & Walther, C., Springer International Publishing, pp. 171-185.
Keywords: Eustigmatophycean alga; Vacuoliviride crystalliferum; Fukushima 1st Nuclear Power Plant Accident; High cesium-accumulating microalgae; Phytoremediation; Radioactive cesium
Strain(s): 329145821312352 
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41525-3_10

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