Strain Data
Strain number NIES-2138  
Phylum Rhodophyta  
Class Porphyridiophyceae  
Scientific name Porphyridium purpureum (Bory) Drew & Ross  
Synonym Phytoconis purpurea Bory; Merrettia purpurea (Bory) Trevisan 1848  
Former name  
Common name Red alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Takesako Hot Spring Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Hot spring  
History < IAM (2007) < Fujita, Yoshihiko; Nozawa, Koji  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nozawa, Koji (1958-**-**)  
Identified by Nozawa, Koji  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  ESM  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  13-18 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Color: reddish ; Floridean starch (Shimonaga et al. 2007)  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : IAM R-1
 
Remarks Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2139
 		Porphyridium purpureum Red alga   Terrestrial Color: reddish  
NIES-2140
 		Porphyridium purpureum Red alga   Color: reddish ; Genome decoded strain (Tajima et al. 2014)  
NIES-1807
 		Porphyridium sp. Red alga   Marine (Seawater) Color: reddish  
NIES-1957
 		Porphyridium aerugineum Red alga   Terrestrial Color: greenish  
NIES-1959
 		Porphyridium aerugineum Red alga   Terrestrial Color: blueish green  
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-1032
 		Porphyridium sp. Red alga   Brackish water (Seawater)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2173
 		Chlorella sorokiniana Green alga   Starch production (Miyachi et al. 1986)  
NIES-4696
 		Cyanidioschyzon merolae Red alga   Hot spring (NIES-3377) Thermophilic (opt. 40-45℃（) ; Acidophilic (pH 1.5-2.4) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2742
 		Bulboplastis apyrenoidosa Red alga   Brackish water (Sediment) Authentic strain (Kushibiki 2012)  
NIES-530
 		Stichococcus bacillaris Green alga   Freshwater (River water) Starch production (Shimonaga, T. 2008)  
NIES-144
 		Haematococcus lacustris Green alga   Freshwater (Lake water) Astaxanthin production ; Genome decoded strain (Morimoto et al. 2017) ; Homothallic ; Isogamous  
Reference
Sakaguchi, T., Horikoshi, T., Nakajima, A. 1978 Uptake of uranium from seawater by microalgae. J. Ferm. Technol., 56, 561-565.
Strain(s): 2138,  2139,  2212,  2238,  2279 

Aizawa, K., Nakamura, Y., Miyachi, S. 1985 Variation of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity in Dunaliella associated with changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration. Plant Cell Physiol., 26, 1199-1203.
Keywords: carbonic anhydrase; Dunaliella; phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase; photosynthesis; Porphyridium
Strain(s): 2138 
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077016

Yagawa, Y., Muto, S., Miyachi, S. 1987 Carbonic anhydrase of a unicellular red alga Porphyridium cruentum R-1. I. Purification and properties of the enzyme. Plant Cell Physiol., 28, 1253-1262.
Keywords: carbonic anhydrase; chloride ion-activation; Porphyridium cruentum
Strain(s): 2138 
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077413

Yagawa, Y., Muto, S., Miyachi, S. 1987 Carbonic anhydrase of a unicellular red alga Porphyridium cruentum R-1. II. Distribution and role in photosynthesis. Plant Cell Physiol., 28, 1509-1516.
Keywords: anti-Porphyridium carbonic anhydrase antibody; carbonic anhydrase; immunogold electron microscopy; intracellular distribution; Porphyridium cruentum
Strain(s): 2138 
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077445

Shimogawara, K. & Muto, S. 1989 Heat shock induced change in protein ubiquitination in Chlamydomonas. Plant Cell Physiol., 30, 9-16.
Keywords: ATP-dependent proteolytic system; Chlamydomonas; heat shock response; protein degradation; ubiquitin
Strain(s): 2138 

Tsuzuki, M. & Miyachi, S. 1989 The function of carbonic anhydrase in aquatic photosynthesis. Aquatic Botany, 34, 85-104.
Strain(s): 2093,  2138,  2160,  2173,  2235 
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3770(89)90051-X

Kashino, Y., Enami, I., Satoh, K., Katoh, S. 1990 Immunological cross-reactivity among corresponding proteins of photosystems I and II from widely divergent photosynthetic organisms. Plant Cell Physiol., 31, 479-488.
Keywords: antiserum; cross-reactivity; immunoblotting; photosystem; protein
Strain(s): 2093,  2138,  2235 
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a077935

Tsuzuki, M., Ohnuma, E., Sato, N., Takaku, T., Kawaguchi, A. 1990 Effects of CO2 concentration during growth on fatty acid composition in microalgae. Plant Physiol., 93, 851-856.
Strain(s): 48,  2093,  2138,  2160,  2235 
PubMed: 1666759
DOI: 10.1104/pp.93.3.851

Lee, T.-Y., Gotoh, N., Niki, E., Yokoyama, K., Tsuzuki, M., Takeuchi, T., Karube, I. 1995 Chemilluminescence detection of red tide phytoplankton Chattonella marina. Anal. Chem., 67, 225-228.
Strain(s): 2138 

Yokono, M., Murakami, A., Akimoto, S. 2011 Excitation energy transfer between photosystem II and photosystem I in red algae: larger amounts of phycobilisome enhance spillover. Biochim. Biophys. Acta-Bioenerg., 1807, 847-853.
Keywords: spillover; red algae; delayed fluorescence; phycobilisome; red chlorophyll
Strain(s): 2138 
PubMed: 21496452
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2011.03.014

Shimonaga, T., Fujiwara, S., Kaneko, M., Izumo, A., Nihei, S., Francisco, P. B., Satoh, A., Fujita, Naoko., Nakamura, Y., Tsuzuki, M. 2007 Variation in Storage α-polyglucans of red algae: amylose and semi-amylopectin types in Porphyridium and goycogen type in Cyanidium. Mar. Biotechnol., 9, 192-202.
Keywords: Amylose; glycogen; granule-bound starch synthase; red algae; semi-amylopection
Strain(s): 551,  2138 
PubMed: 17160635
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-006-6104-7

Shimonaga, T., Konishi, M., Oyama, Y., Fujiwara, S., Satoh, A., Fujita, N., Colleoni, C., Buléon, A., Putaux, J.-L., Ball, S. G., Yokoyma, A., Hara, Y., Nakamura, Y., Tsuzuki, M. 2008 Variation in Storage α-polyglucans of the Porphyridiales (Rhodophyta). Plant Cell Physiol., 49, 103-116.
Keywords: Amylose; Floridean starch; Glycogen; Porphyridiales; Rhodophyta; Semi-amylopection
Strain(s): 18,  144,  250,  530,  551,  2138,  2160,  2258,  2280 
PubMed: 18079144
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm172

Takaichi, S., Yokoyama, A., Mochimaru, M., Uchida, H., Murakami, A. 2016 Carotenogenesis diversification in phylogenetic lineages of Rhodophyta. J. Phycol., 52, 329-338.
Keywords: alloxanthin; antheraxanthin; carotenogenesis; carotenoid; Cryptophyta; Glaucophyta; lutein; red algae; Rhodophyta; Zeaxanthin
Strain(s): 697,  700,  705,  1332,  2137,  2138,  4696 
PubMed: 27273528
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12411

Shimakawa, G., Murakami, A., Niwa, K., Matsuda, Y., Wada, A., Miyake, C. 2019 Comparative analysis of strategies to prepare electron sinks in aquatic photoautotrophs. Photosynth. Res., 139, 401–411.
Keywords: Reactive oxygen species; P700 oxidation; Photosystem I; Seaweeds
Strain(s): 705,  1959,  2138,  2145,  2147 
PubMed: 29845382
DOI: 10.1007/s11120-018-0522-z

Hamana, K., Kobayashi, M., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Niitsu, M. 2018 Polyamine distribution profiles in unicellular and multicellular red algae (phylum Rhodophyta) —Detection of 1,6-diaminohexane, aminobutylcadaverine, canavalmine and aminopropylcanavalmine.— Microb. Resour. Syst., 34, 83-91.
Keywords: aminobutylcadaverine; aminopropylcanavalmine; canavalmine; diaminohexane; polyamine; red algae; Rhodophyta
Strain(s): 551,  1032,  1572,  1957,  2138,  2140,  2636,  2662,  2742 

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