Strain number NIES-3579  
Phylum Heterokontophyta  
Class Bacillariophyceae  
Scientific name Nitzschia sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Pennate diatom  
Locality (Date of collection) Funaura, Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan (2012-02-04)  
Latitude / Longitude  
Habitat (Isolation source) Brackish water (Plant (Mangrove))  
History < Nakayama, Takeshi < Kamikawa, Ryoma  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Kamikawa, Ryoma (2012-02-11)  
Identified by Mayama, Shigeki  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  ESM + CB-V  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  0 µmol photons/m2/sec,
Duration:  14 D  
Gene information 28S rRNA ( AB899687 )  
Cell size (min - max) 10 - μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Heterotrophic ; Benthic ; Nonphotosynthetic plastids  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : IriIs01  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Nonphotosynthetic plastids 
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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-4020
Nitzschia brevissima Pennate diatom   Terrestrial (Concrete revetment) Epilithic ; Active gliding motility  
NIES-487
Nitzschia palea Pennate diatom   Freshwater (River water) Test strain (Nagai, T., 2016)  
NIES-4239
Nitzschia putrida Pennate diatom   Brackish water (Fallen leaves) Heterotrophic ; Attached ; Nonphotosynthetic plastids ; Genome decoded strain (Kamikawa et al. 2022)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3578
Nitzschia sp. Pennate diatom   Brackish water (Plant (Mangrove)) Heterotrophic ; Benthic ; Nonphotosynthetic plastids  
NIES-3580
Nitzschia sp. Pennate diatom   Brackish water (Plant (Mangrove)) Heterotrophic ; Benthic ; Nonphotosynthetic plastids  
Reference
Kamikawa, R., Yubuki, N., Yoshida, M., Taira, M., Nakamura, N., Ishida, K-I., Leander, B. S., Miyashita, H., Hashimoto, T., Mayama, S., Inagaki, Y. 2015 Multiple losses of photosynthesis in Nitzschia (Bacillariophyceae). Phycol. Res., 63, 19-28.
Keywords: apochlorotic diatoms; genetic diversity; large subunit rRNA; molecular phylogenetic analysis; nonphotosynthetic plastids; plastid 16S rRNA
Strain(s): 357635773578357935803581 
DOI: 10.1111/pre.12072

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