Strain Data
Strain number NIES-3709  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Geminocystis sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Mimomi Hongo Park, Narashino, Chiba, Japan (2013-11-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.684195 / 140.064770 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Hirose, Yuu < Katayama, Mitsunori  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katayama, Mitsunori (2013-11-01)  
Identified by Hirose, Yuu  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2015 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  BG-11  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  6-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP014832 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Phototaxis ; chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2015a)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : CIT008  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3708
 		Geminocystis sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Phototaxis ; chromatic adaptation ; Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2015a)  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2134
 		Thermosynechococcus vulcanus Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring Thermophilic (opt. 57℃（) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-25
 		Desmonostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2549
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Indicator ; ST120 (Tanabe et al. 2009a) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamaguchi et al. 2015)  
NIES-267
 		Calothrix parasitica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Seaweed) Endophyte in Nemalion (Rhodophyceae) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-843
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Offensive odor ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Planktonic ; Type strain (Otsuka et al. 2001) ; Genome decoded strain (Kaneko et al. 2007) ; ST18 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Reference
Hirose, Y., Katayama, M., Ohtsubo, Y., Misawa, N., Iioka, E., Suda, W., Oshima, K., Hanaoka, M., Tanaka, K., Eki, T., Ikeuchi, M., Kikuchi, Y., Ishida, M., Hattori, M. 2015b Complete genome sequence of cyanobacterium Geminocystis sp. strain NIES-3709, which harbors a phycoerythrin-rich phycobilisome. GenomeA, 3, e00385-15 (article ID).
Strain(s): 3709 
PubMed: 25931605
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00385-15

Hirose, Y., Misawa, N., Yonekawa, C., Nagao, N., Watanabe, M., Ikeuchi, M., Eki, T. 2017 Characterization of the genuine type 2 chromatic acclimation in the two Geminocystis cyanobacteria. DNA Res., 24, 387-396.
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; chromatic acclimation; phycobilisome; cyanobacteriochrome
Strain(s): 3708,  3709 
PubMed: 28338901
DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsx011

Giordano, M., Goodman, C. A., Huang, F., Raven, J. A., Ruan, Z. 2022 A mechanistic study of the influence of nitrogen and energy availability on the NH4+ sensitivity of nitrogen assimilation in Synechococcus. J. Exp. Bot., 73, 5596-5611.
Keywords: Ammonium; cyanobacteria; glutamine synthetase; limitation; nitrate reductase; nitrite reductase; NtcA regulation; N metabolism
Strain(s): 25,  50,  204,  267,  843,  970,  981,  2107,  2134,  2135,  2481,  2549,  3709,  3754,  3756,  3757,  4074 
PubMed: 35595516
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac219

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