Strain number NIES-3585  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nodularia sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Yatsu Tidal Flat, Narashino, Chiba, Japan (2011-09-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.676 / 140.006 
Habitat (Isolation source) Marine (Tidal flat sediment)  
History < Katayama, Mitsunori  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katayama, Mitsunori (2011-**-**)  
Identified by Katayama, Mitsunori  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Modified BG-110 (agar)  
Temperature:  25 C
Light intensity:  13-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BDUB01000000 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Benthic ; Epiphytic ; Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : CIT044  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3275
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NIES-2130
Scytonema sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-37
Tolypothrix tenuis Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Heterotrophic ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Chromatic adaptation ; Material for studying on phycobilin production ; Material for studying on phycobilin production ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-19
Anabaena cylindrica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria    
NIES-73
Sphaerospermopsis kisseleviana Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic ; Genome decoded strain  
Reference
Popin, R. V., Delbaje, E., Abreu, V.A.C., Rigonato, J., Dörr, F.A., Pinto, E., Sivonen, K., Fiore, M.F. 2020 Genomic and metabolomic analyses of natural products in Nodularia spumigena isolated from a shrimp culture pond. Toxins, 12, 141 (article ID).
Keywords: cyanobacteria; gene cluster; mass spectrometry; cyanotoxins; terpenes; water quality
Strain(s): 3585 
PubMed: 32106513
DOI: 10.3390/toxins12030141

Gharaie Fathabad, S., Arumanayagam, A. S., Tabatabai, B., Chen, H., Lu, J., Sitther, V. 2019 Augmenting Fremyella diplosiphon cellular lipid content and unsaturated fatty acid methyl esters via sterol desaturase gene overexpression. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 189, 1127-1140.
Keywords: Alkane; Biofuel; Cyanobacteria; Sterol desaturase; Transcript abundance
Strain(s): 210021073585 
PubMed: 31168708
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-019-03055-5

Hirose, Y., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Shimura, Y., Fujisawa, T., Kanesaki, Y., Katoh, H., Katayama, M., Yamaguchi, H., Yoshikawa, H., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T., Nakamura, Y., Kawachi, M. 2021 Genome sequencing of the NIES Cyanobacteria collection with a focus on the heterocyst-forming clade. DNA Res., 28, dsab024 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; genome; heterocyst; culture collection; taxonomy
Strain(s): 19212223253750732678069322098210021072109211121302135327535853757397440704073407440754101410241034106 
PubMed: 34677568
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsab024

McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A., Willis, A. 2023 Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). J. Phycol., 59, 326-341.
Strain(s): 21262665358541034490 
PubMed: 36680435
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13317

Mehjabin, J. J., Phan, C.-S., Okino, T. 2024 Noducyclamides A1-A4, B1, and B2 from the Cyanobacterium Nodularia sp. NIES-3585. J. Nat. Prod., 87, 984-993.
Strain(s): 3585 
PubMed: 38587271
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c01272

Sieber, S. & Janssen, E. M.-L. 2026 Highlights of cyanobacterial metabolites reported between 2021-2024. Nat. Prod. Rep., ,
Strain(s): 883585 
PubMed: 41837460
DOI: 10.1039/D5NP00076A

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