Strain number NIES-2539  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nostoc verrucosum Vaucher  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Shishiku Park, Hakusan, Ishikawa, Japan  
Latitude / Longitude 36.43555555 / 136.64361111 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater  
History < Sakamoto, Toshio  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sakamoto, Toshio  
Identified by Sakamoto, Toshio  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Non-Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Modified BG-110 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  4-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB494996 ) , wspA ( AB509258 ) , mysD ( LC205734 ) , mysC, mysB, mysA ( LC205733 )  
Cell size (min - max) 5 - 12 μm  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium) ; Epilithic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KU005  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Very slow growth 
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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-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-3373
Spirulina subsalsa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Tidal flat sediment) Thermophilic ; Halophilic ; Attached ; Type strain (Kuroiwa et al. 2014)  
NIES-2107
Nostoc carneum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2134
Thermosynechococcus vulcanus Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring Thermophilic (opt. 57℃() ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2086
Prochlorococcus marinus Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton   Marine (Seawater) Picoplankton  
NIES-2538
Desmonostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium)  
Reference
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): 24282107210825382539 
PubMed: 22066798
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01195.x

Sakamoto, T., Kumihashi, K., Kunita, S., Masaura, T., Inoue-Sakamoto, K., Yamaguchi, M. 2011 The extracellular-matrix-retaining cyanobacterium Nostoc verrucosum accumulates trehalose, but is sensitive to desiccation. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 77, 385-394.
Keywords: compatible solute; stress tolerance; extracellular; polysaccharide; water stress protein (WspA)
Strain(s): 25382539 
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01114.x

Hamana, K., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Niitsu, M. 2016 Additional analysis of cyanobacterial polyamines ─ Distributions of spermidine, homospermidine, spermine, and thermospermine within the phylum Cyanobacteria. ─ Microb. Resour. Syst., 32, 179-186.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; homospermidine; polyamine; thermospermine
Strain(s): 208620872134241225393373 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.32.2_179

Inoue-Sakamoto, K., Nazifi, E., Tsuji, C., Asano, T., Nishiuchi, T., Matsugo, S., Ishihara, K., Kanesaki, Y., Yoshikawa, H., Sakamoto, T. 2018 Characterization of mycosporine-like amino acids in the cyanobacterium Nostoc verrucosum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 64, 203-211.
Keywords: antioxidant; environmental adaptation; mycosporine-like amino acid (MAA); mys genes
Strain(s): 25382539 
PubMed: 29709901
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2017.12.003

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