Strain number NIES-2101  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Calothrix sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Harima Campus for Science, Univrersity of Hyogo, Himeji, Hyogo Japan (2002-**-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 34.928516 / 134.445362 
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; Axenic[2013 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  9-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  5 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( MRCD00000000 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB694935 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-290
Other strain no. : HK-06  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-22
Calothrix brevissima Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Soil) Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Chromatic adaptation  
NIES-267
Calothrix parasitica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Seaweed) Endophyte in Nemalion (Rhodophyceae) ; Genome decoded strain  
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(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-30
Leptolyngbya sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Paddy field) Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-208
Oscillatoria rosea Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Seawater) Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-593
Hydrococcus rivularis Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring (Water) Benthic ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-1031
Chroogloeocystis siderophila Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring (Bottom mud) Biofilm process ; Thermophilic ; Gram negative, Iron tolerance (Brown et al. 2005) ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-2130
Scytonema sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
Reference
Zhu, T., Hou, S., Lu, X., Hess, W. R. 2017 Draft genome sequences of nine cyanobacterial strains from diverse habitats. GenomeA, 5, e01676-16 (article ID).
Strain(s): 302085925931031210121192130 
PubMed: 28254973
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01676-16

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