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Strain number NIES-2109  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nostoc 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:  13-18 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP018318 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB085687 ) , cpcB, cpcA ( JF740675 ) , rbcL, rbcX, rbcS ( JN251748 ) , trnL ( AB085686 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018319 AP018320 AP018321 AP018322 AP018323 AP018324 AP018325 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Drought tolerance ; Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-270
Other strain no. : HK-01  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Very slow growth 
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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-24
Nostoc commune Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Plant (The moss Cavicularia densa)) Drought tolerance ; Epiphytic  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2098
Calothrix sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2107
Nostoc carneum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain  
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)  
NIES-4074
Cylindrospermum sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Soil) Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-932
Raphidiopsis curvata Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Pond water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic ; Gram negative ; Genome decoded strain  
Reference
Takaichi, S., Mochimaru, M., Maoka, T., Katoh, H. 2005 Myxol and 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucosides, not rhamnosides, from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 and Nostoc punctiforme PCC 73102, and proposal for the biosynthetic pathway of carotenoids. Plant Cell Physiol., 46, 497-504.
Keywords: Anabaena; carotenogenesis; carotenoid; 4-ketomyxol 2'-fucoside; Nostoc
Strain(s): 210921102111 
PubMed: 15695449
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci049

Katoh, H., Shiga, S., Nakahira, Y., Ohmori, M. 2003 Isolation and characterization of drought-tolerant cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. HK-01. Microbes Environ., 18, 82-88.
Keywords: cyanobacterium; drought-tolerance; hormogonia; Nostoc
Strain(s): 2109 
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.18.82

Kimura, Y., Kimura, S., Sato, S., Katho, H., Abe, T., Arai, M., Tomita-Yokotani, K. 2015 Evaluation of a cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01, as food material for space agriculture on Mars. Biological Sciences in Space, 29, 24-31.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Food; Martian regolith simulant (MRS); Nostoc sp. HK-01; Radicalscavenging activity; Space Agriculture
Strain(s): 21094070 
DOI: 10.2187/bss.29.24

Kimura, Y., Tomita-Yokotani, K., Katho, H., Sato, S., Ohmori, M. 2017 Complete life cycle and heat tolerance of dry colonies of a terrestrial cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01. Biological Sciences in Space, 31, 1-8.
Keywords: compatible solute; cyanobacteria; extracellular polysaccharides; heat tolerance; life cycle of cell; Nostoc sp. HK-01
Strain(s): 2109 
DOI: 10.2187/bss.31.1

Hong, J. W., Kim, O. H., Jo, S. W., Kim, H., Jeong, M. R., Yoon, H. S. 2018 Characterization of alkane-producing Nostoc sp. isolated from a summer bloom for biofuel potential. J. Biobased Mater. Bioenergy, 12, 244-251.
Keywords: Alkane-Producing Genes; Biofuel; Cyanobacteria; Heptadecane; Potential; Feedstoc
Strain(s): 212109 
DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2018.1757

Tomita-Yokotani, K., Kimura, S., Ong, M., Ajioka, R., Igarashi, Y., Fujishiro, H., Katoh, H., Hashimoto, H., Mita, H., Yokobori, S., Ohmori, M. 2020 Tolerance of dried cells of a terrestrial cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01 to temperature cycles, helium-ion beams, ultraviolet radiation (172 and 254 nm), and gamma rays: Primitive analysis for space experiments. Eco-Engineering, 32, 47-53.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Nostoc sp.HK-01; space; environmental tolerance
Strain(s): 2109 
DOI: 10.11450/seitaikogaku.32.47

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): 19212223253750732678069322098210021072109211121302135327535853757397440704073407440754101410241034106 
PubMed: 34677568
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab024

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): 257326721002107210921112130375537563757397440734102410341054106 
PubMed: 37603862
DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.3c00112

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