Strain number NIES-3891  
Phylum Rhodophyta  
Class Cyanidiophyceae  
Scientific name Cyanidium caldarium (Tilden) Geitler  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Red alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Sainokawara, Kusatsu Hot Spring, Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan (1975-**-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.624873 / 138.588452 
Habitat (Isolation source) Hot spring (Hot Spring water)  
History < Nagashima, Hideyuki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Nagashima, Hideyuki (1975-**-**)  
Identified by Nagashima, Hideyuki  
State of strain Subculture; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2018 Sept]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  M-Allen  
Temperature:  37 C
Light intensity:  9-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  4 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) 3 - 5 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics Benthic ; Thermophilic ; Acidophilic  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KS-1  
Remarks Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-1703
Protodesmus globulifer Green alga   Brackish water (Paramecium in a reservoir) Symbiotic (Paramecium) ; Authentic strain  
NIES-250
Galdieria sp. Red alga   Hot spring Acidophilic  
NIES-254
Pyramimonas parkeae   Marine (Seawater) Red tide ; Prey for Oxyrrhis marina NIES-494 and NIES-3607  
NIES-2894
Picochlorum sp. Green alga   Marine (Seawater)  
NIES-4390
Cyanidiococcus yangmingshanensis Red alga   Hot spring (Hot Spring water) Benthic ; Epilithic ; Thermophilic ; Acidophilic ; Authentic strain (Liu et al. 2020)  
Reference
Hamana, K., Matsuzaki, S., Niitsu, M., Samejima, K., Nagashima, H. 1990 Polyamines of unicellular thermoacidophilic red alga Cyanidium caldarium. Phytochemistry, 29, 377-380.
Keywords: Cyanidium caldarium; Rhodophyta; red algae; polyamines; chemotaxonomy
Strain(s): 25021373891 
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(90)85082-Q

Nagashima, H. & Fukuda, I. 1983 Floridosides in unicellular hot spring algae. Phytochemistry, 22, 1949-1951.
Keywords: Cyanidium caldarium; Chroococcidiopsis sp.; hot spring algae; chemotaxonomy; low MW carbohydrates; floridoside; iso-floridoside; autotroph; heterotroph
Strain(s): 25021373891 
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9422(83)80020-X

Nagashima, H. 1994 Natural products of the Cyanidiophyceae. In Evolutionary Pathways and Enigmatic Algae: Cyanidium caldarium (Rhodophyta) and Related Cells, Ed. by Seckbach, J., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 201-214.
Strain(s): 3891 
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0882-9_16

Hamana, K., Furuchi, T., Hayashi, H., Uemura, T., Niitsu, M. 2023 Additional polyamine analysis of the algae belonging to the phyla Glaucophyta, Rhodophyta and Chlorophyta. ─Polyamine analysis of algae V─ Microb. Resour. Syst., 39, 33-40.
Keywords: alga; Chlorophyta; Glaucophyta; polyamine; Rhodophyta
Strain(s): 226250254550551626129813321703183621372163216421652166225223532894337736453867389138924107439044524696 
DOI: 10.60369/microresys.39.1_33

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