Strain number NIES-4075  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Tolypothrix sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) near Ise-jingu Shrine, Ise, Mie, Japan (2009-**-**)  
Latitude / Longitude 34.486858 / 136.707076 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (The lichen on bark)  
History < Katoh, Hiroshi  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katoh, Hiroshi (2012-**-**)  
Identified by Katoh, Hiroshi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  MDM (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  6-10 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BDUC00000000 ) , 16S rRNA ( LC497426 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization  
Characteristics Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : MK-01  
Remarks Cryopreserved; 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-3974
Calothrix sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring (Stream Sediment) Genome decoded strain  
NIES-25
Desmonostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-2135
Leptolyngbya boryana Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-267
Calothrix parasitica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Seaweed) Endophyte in Nemalion (Rhodophyceae) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-3585
Nodularia sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Tidal flat sediment) Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Benthic ; Epiphytic ; Genome decoded strain  
Reference
MacCready, J. S., Basalla, J. L., Vecchiarelli, A. G. 2020 Origin and evolution of carboxysome positioning systems in cyanobacteria. Mol. Biol. Evol., 37, 1434–1451.
Strain(s): 212225263039447387882675928068439329702098210021072108211125493275375437563974407340744075410141034106 
PubMed: 31899489
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz308

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

Tamre, E. & Fournier, G. P. 2022 Inferred ancestry of scytonemin biosynthesis proteins in cyanobacteria indicates a response to Paleoproterozoic oxygenation. Geobiology, 20, 764–775.
Keywords: Bayesian phylogenetics; cyanobacteria; Paleoproterozoic; photoprotection; scytonemin; UVA radiation
Strain(s): 212325262672108211137564073407440754103 
PubMed: 35851984
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12514

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