Strain number NIES-2135  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Leptolyngbya boryana (Gomont) Anagnostidis & Komárek  
Synonym  
Former name Tolypothrix tenuis Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) (1960-06-**)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source)  
History < IAM (2007) < Tsuzuki, Mikio (2005) < IAM (1994) < Ishikawa, Masako  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Ishikawa, Masako  
Identified by Re-identified by DNA analysis at NIES  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2013 Feb]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  5-9 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  5 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP018203 ) , 16S rRNA ( LC215287 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018204-AP018206 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM M-287 (=M-110)
 
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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-843
Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Offensive odor ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Planktonic ; Type strain (Otsuka et al. 2001) ; Genome decoded strain (Kaneko et al. 2007) ; ST18 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
NIES-2549
Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Indicator ; ST120 (Tanabe et al. 2009a) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamaguchi et al. 2015)  
NIES-3709
Geminocystis sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2015a)  
NIES-73
Sphaerospermopsis kisseleviana Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-305
Pseudanabaena sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Sediment)  
Reference
Hamana, K., Kobayashi, M., Yokota, A., Sekiguchi, H., Niitsu, M. 2008 Cellular polyamine profiles in cyanobacteria. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 24, 3-8.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; spermine; thermospermine
Strain(s): 263336462062082302672683053614164334344815075975989319321031211521332135 

Curren, E., Teruaki, Y., Kuwahara, V. S., Leong, S. C. Y. 2019 Rapid profiling of tropical marine cyanobacterial communities. Reg. Stud. Mar. Sci., 25, 100485 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; MinION-Oxford Nanopore sequencer; Biodiversity; 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing; Long-read sequencing; Coastal waters; Southeast Asia; Monitoring
Strain(s): 22254284321352481 
DOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2018.100485

Chernomor, O., Peters, L., Schneidewind, J., Loeschcke, A., Knieps-Grünhagen, E., Schmitz, F., von Lieres, E.,Kutta, R. J., Svensson, V., Jaeger, K., Drepper, T.,von Haeseler, A., Krauss, U. 2021 Complex evolution of light-dependent protochlorophyllide oxidoreductases in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs: origin, phylogeny and function. Mol. Biol. Evol., 38, 819-837.
Keywords: light-driven enzyme; chlorophyll biosynthesis; evolution; aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria; photosynthesis
Strain(s): 9812135 
PubMed: 32931580
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa234

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

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): 25502042678439709812107213421352481254937093754375637574074 
PubMed: 35595516
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac219

Christodoulou, M., Dextro, R. B., Wahlsten, M., Oivanen, P., Fewer, D. P., Fiore, M. F. 2026 Sivoneniella epilithica gen. et sp. nov.,(Leptolyngbyaceae, Cyanobacteria), from Suomenlinna Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Finland. Eur. J. Phycol., 61, 79-98.
Keywords: 16S–23S ITS; 16S rRNA; cyanobacteria taxonomy; epilithic; Finland; Sivoneniella
Strain(s): 21353755 
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2025.2592827

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