Strain number NIES-2885  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Prochlorococcus sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton  
Locality (Date of collection) Equatorial Pacific Ocean (Depth -30m)  
Latitude / Longitude 0.0 /  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < RCC (2013);  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Shimada  
Identified by  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  PRO-99  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  18-21 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  21 D  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) - 1 μm  
Organization Unicellular; Non-flagellate 
Characteristics Picoplankton ; Clade: High Light - HLI  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : RCC278
Other strain no. : EQPAC1-C  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Unstable 
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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-2086
Prochlorococcus marinus Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton   Marine (Seawater) Picoplankton  
NIES-2087
Prochlorococcus marinus Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton   Marine (Seawater) Picoplankton ; Genome decoded strain  
Reference
West, N. J., Schönhuber, W. A., Fuller, N. J., Amann, R. I., Rippka, R., Post, A. F., Scanlan, D. J. 2001 Closely related Prochlorococcus genotypes show remarkably different depth distributions in two oceanic regions as revealed by in situ hybridization using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Microbiol., 147, 1731-1744.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; Red Sea; oligonucleotide probes; 16S rRNA; TSA
Strain(s): 2885 

Isaji, Y., Yoshikawa, C., Ogawa, N. O., Matsumoto, K., Makabe, A., Toyoda, S., Ishikawa, N. F., Ogawa, H., Saito, H., Honda, M. C., Ohkouchi, N. 2022 Nitrogen sources for phytoplankton in the Eastern Indian Ocean determined from δ15N of chlorophyll a and divinylchlorophyll a. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 23, e2021GC010057 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2086,  2885,  2887 
DOI: 10.1029/2021GC010057

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