Strain number NIES-3581  
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 Mitochondrial genome ( AP018510 ) , 28S rRNA ( AB899689 ) , 16S rRNA ( AB899709 )  
Cell size (min - max) 10 - μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Heterotrophic ; Benthic ; Nonphotosynthetic plastids ; Genome decoded strain (Kamikawa et al. 2018)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : IriIs04  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Nonphotosynthetic plastids 
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(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-2729
Nitzschia palea Pennate diatom   Freshwater (Stone) Test strain for AGP etc. (Ishihara, S. et al. 2006) ; Genome decoded strain (Kamikawa et al. 2018)  
NIES-3579
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

Kamikawa, R., Tanifuji, Ishikawa, G. S., Ishii, K., Matsuno, Y., Onodera, N. T., Ishida, K-I., Hashimoto, T., Miyashita, H., Mayama, S., Inagaki, Y. 2015 Proposal of a Twin-arginine translocator system-mediated constraint against loss of ATP synthase genes from nonphotosynthetic plastid genomes. Mol. Biol. Evol., 32, 2598-2604.
Keywords: apochlorotic diatoms; nonphotosynthetic plastid genome; genome reduction; ATP synthase complex; Twin-arginine translocator
Strain(s): 3581 
PubMed: 26048548
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv134

Kamikawa, R., Azuma, T., Ishii, K-I., Matsuno, Y., Miyashita, H. 2018 Diversity of organellar genomes in non-photosynthetic diatoms. Protist, 169, 351-361.
Keywords: ATP synthase complex; mitochondria; Nitzschia; plastids; vitamin B1
Strain(s): 272935763581 
PubMed: 29803116
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.009

Onyshchenko, A., Ruck, E. C., Nakov, T., Alverson, A. J. 2019 A single loss of photosynthesis in the diatom order Bacillariales (Bacillariophyta). Am. J. Bot., 106, 560-572.
Keywords: Nitzschia; apochloritic; chloroplast; photosynthesis; phylogeny; plastid
Strain(s): 3581 
PubMed: 30958893
DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.1267

Moog, D., Nozawa, A., Tozawa, Y., Kamikawa, R. 2020 Substrate specifcity of plastid phosphate transporters in a non-photosynthetic diatom and its implication in evolution of red algaderived complex plastids. Sci Rep, 10, 1167 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3581 
PubMed: 31980711
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58082-8

Onyshchenko, A., Roberts, W. R., Ruck, E. C., Lewis, J. A., Alverson, A. J. 2021 The genome of a nonphotosynthetic diatom provides insights into the metabolic shift to heterotrophy and constraints on the loss of photosynthesis. New Phytol., 232, 1750-1764.
Keywords: apochloritic; B-ketoadipate pathway; Entner-Doudoroff Pathway; glycolysis; lignin; mixotrophy; oxidative pentose phosphate pathway; photosynthesis
Strain(s): 3581 
PubMed: 34379807
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17673

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