Strain Data

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Strain number		NIES-2107
Phylum		Cyanophyta
Class		Cyanophyceae
Scientific name		Nostoc carneum Agardh
Synonym
Former name
Common name		Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
Locality (Date of collection)
Latitude / Longitude
Habitat (Isolation source)
History		< IAM (2007) < Ishikawa, Masako
Isolator (Date of isolation)		Ishikawa, Masako
Identified by		Fukushima, Hiroshi
State of strain		Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 May]
Culture condition (Preculture condition)		Medium: MDM (agar) Temperature: 20 C Light intensity: 13-18 µmol photons/m²/sec, L/D cycle: 10L:14D Duration: 3 M
Gene information		Whole-genome ( AP018180 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018181-AP018183 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB325906 LC215292 ) , petH ( AB251891 ) , nrtP ( AB325912 )
Cell size (min - max)
Organization		Filamentous
Characteristics		Chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain
Other strain no.		Other collection strain no. : IAM M-35
Remarks		Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth
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Related strain information (Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-2108	Nostoc punctiforme	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Terrestrial (The lichen Peltigera didactyla)	Nitrogen fixation　 (aerobic condition, Modified BG-11₀ medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain ; Chromatic adaptation
NIES-4103	Nostoc sp.	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater (Water)	Genome decoded strain
NIES-24	Nostoc commune	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Terrestrial (Plant (The moss Cavicularia densa))	Drought tolerance ; Epiphytic
NIES-2114	Nostoc commune	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Terrestrial	Drought tolerance
NIES-3756	Nostoc sp.	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Terrestrial (Water)	Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2016)

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-21	Nostoc sp.	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria		Genome decoded strain
NIES-2109	Nostoc sp.	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Terrestrial	Drought tolerance ; Genome decoded strain

Related strain information (Used in same reference)
Strain number	Scientific name	Common name	Habitat (Isolation source)	Characteristics
NIES-19	Anabaena cylindrica	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
NIES-34	Phormidium foveolarum	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria
NIES-2094	Desmonostoc sp.	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater
NIES-73	Sphaerospermopsis kisseleviana	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater (Lake water)	Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic ; Genome decoded strain
NIES-2093	Anabaena variabilis	Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria	Freshwater	Mostly fragmented

Reference
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): 19, 21, 22, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44, 45, 50, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 204, 208, 510, 512, 515, 592, 593, 610, 843, 846, 847, 2093, 2096, 2098, 2100, 2102, 2107, 2108, 2118, 2119, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2128, 2129, 2131, 2132, 3259, 3275, 3276, 3277 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): 24, 28, 2107, 2108, 2538, 2539 PubMed: 22066798 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01195.x 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 Gharaie Fathabad, S., Arumanayagam, A. S., Tabatabai, B., Chen, H., Lu, J., Sitther, V. 2019 Augmenting Fremyella diplosiphon cellular lipid content and unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters via sterol desaturase gene overexpression. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 189, 1127-1140. Keywords: Alkane; Biofuel; Cyanobacteria; Sterol desaturase; Transcript abundance Strain(s): 2100, 2107, 3585 PubMed: 31168708 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-03055-5 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 Carrell, A. A., Lawrence, T. J., Cabugao, K. G. M., Carper, D. L., Pelletier, D. A., Lee, J. H., Jawdy, S., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Hanson, P. J., Shaw, A. J., Weston, D. J. 2022 Habitat-adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytol., 234, 2111-2125. Keywords: climate change; heat tolerance; microbiome transfer; moss; peatland; Sphagnum; symbiosis; synthetic communities Strain(s): 25, 81, 2098, 2100, 2107 DOI: 10.1111/nph.18072 Giordano, M., Goodman, C. A., Huang, F., Raven, J. A., Ruan, Z. 2022 A mechanistic study of the influence of nitrogen and energy availability on the NH₄⁺ sensitivity of nitrogen assimilation in Synechococcus. J. Exp. Bot., 73, 5596-5611. Keywords: Ammonium; cyanobacteria; glutamine synthetase; limitation; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; NtcA regulation; N metabolism Strain(s): 25, 50, 204, 267, 843, 970, 981, 2107, 2134, 2135, 2481, 2549, 3709, 3754, 3756, 3757, 4074 PubMed: 35595516 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac219 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): 25, 28, 2094, 2107 PubMed: 37119668 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126422 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 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 Yang, H. W., Song, J.-Y., Song, J.J., Kim, Y. W., Rockwell, N., Kim, W., Kim, H., Lagarias,J. C., Park, Y.-I. 2025 Dual-Cys bacteriophytochromes: intermediates in cyanobacterial phytochrome evolution? FEBS J., 292, 1197-1216. Keywords: crystal structure; cyanobacterial; phytochromes; dual-cysteine; bacteriophytochromes; site-directed; mutagenesis Strain(s): 2107 PubMed: 39801362 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17395

Reference

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): 19, 21, 22, 28, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44, 45, 50, 73, 78, 79, 80, 81, 204, 208, 510, 512, 515, 592, 593, 610, 843, 846, 847, 2093, 2096, 2098, 2100, 2102, 2107, 2108, 2118, 2119, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2128, 2129, 2131, 2132, 3259, 3275, 3276, 3277

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): 24, 28, 2107, 2108, 2538, 2539
PubMed: 22066798
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01195.x

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

Gharaie Fathabad, S., Arumanayagam, A. S., Tabatabai, B., Chen, H., Lu, J., Sitther, V. 2019 Augmenting Fremyella diplosiphon cellular lipid content and unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters via sterol desaturase gene overexpression. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 189, 1127-1140.
Keywords: Alkane; Biofuel; Cyanobacteria; Sterol desaturase; Transcript abundance
Strain(s): 2100, 2107, 3585
PubMed: 31168708
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-03055-5

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

Carrell, A. A., Lawrence, T. J., Cabugao, K. G. M., Carper, D. L., Pelletier, D. A., Lee, J. H., Jawdy, S., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Hanson, P. J., Shaw, A. J., Weston, D. J. 2022 Habitat-adapted microbial communities mediate Sphagnum peatmoss resilience to warming. New Phytol., 234, 2111-2125.
Keywords: climate change; heat tolerance; microbiome transfer; moss; peatland; Sphagnum; symbiosis; synthetic communities
Strain(s): 25, 81, 2098, 2100, 2107
DOI: 10.1111/nph.18072

Giordano, M., Goodman, C. A., Huang, F., Raven, J. A., Ruan, Z. 2022 A mechanistic study of the influence of nitrogen and energy availability on the NH₄⁺ sensitivity of nitrogen assimilation in Synechococcus. J. Exp. Bot., 73, 5596-5611.
Keywords: Ammonium; cyanobacteria; glutamine synthetase; limitation; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; NtcA regulation; N metabolism
Strain(s): 25, 50, 204, 267, 843, 970, 981, 2107, 2134, 2135, 2481, 2549, 3709, 3754, 3756, 3757, 4074
PubMed: 35595516
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac219

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): 25, 28, 2094, 2107
PubMed: 37119668
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126422

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

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

Yang, H. W., Song, J.-Y., Song, J.J., Kim, Y. W., Rockwell, N., Kim, W., Kim, H., Lagarias,J. C., Park, Y.-I. 2025 Dual-Cys bacteriophytochromes: intermediates in cyanobacterial phytochrome evolution? FEBS J., 292, 1197-1216.
Keywords: crystal structure; cyanobacterial; phytochromes; dual-cysteine; bacteriophytochromes; site-directed; mutagenesis
Strain(s): 2107
PubMed: 39801362
DOI: 10.1111/febs.17395

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