Strain number NIES-2886  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Prochlorococcus sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria ; Picoplankton  
Locality (Date of collection) Pacific Ocean (West Pacific),  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Seawater)  
History < RCC (2013);  
Isolator (Date of isolation)  
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 - HLII  
Other strain no. Other collection strain no. : RCC296
Other strain no. : GP2  
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  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2693
Phaeomonas sp.   Marine (Seawater) Planktonic  
NIES-2588
Nannochloropsis granulata   Marine (Seawater)  
Reference
Shimada, A., Maruyama, T., Miyachi, S. 1996 Vertical distributions and photosynthetic action spectra of two oceanic picophytoplankters, Prochlorococcus marinus and Synechococcus sp.. Mar. Biol., 127, 15-23.
Strain(s): 2884,  2886 
DOI: 10.1007/BF00993639

Stawiarski, B., Buitenhuis, ET., Le Quéré, C. 2016 The physiological response of picophytoplankton to temperature and its model representation. Front. Mar. Sci., 3, 164 (article ID).
Strain(s): 2588,  2693,  2886 
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00164

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