Strain number NIES-4101  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Calothrix sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Mimomi Hongo Park, Narashino, Chiba, Japan (2008-05-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.683299 / 140.065562 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial (Sediment)  
History < Hirose, Yuu < Katayama, Mitsunori  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Katayama, Mitsunori (2008-06-01)  
Identified by Katayama, Mitsunori  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic[2017 May]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  7 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP018280 ) , Plasmid DNA ( AP018275-AP018279 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Genome decoded strain  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : CIT012  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(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-22
Calothrix brevissima Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Soil) Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Chromatic adaptation  
NIES-2101
Calothrix 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-267
Calothrix parasitica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Marine (Seaweed) Endophyte in Nemalion (Rhodophyceae) ; Genome decoded strain  
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-50
Aulosira laxa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Paddy soil) Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-21
Nostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-4073
Scytonema sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Nostoc commune) Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium) ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-3754
Mastigocladus sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring (Water) Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2016)  
NIES-4075
Tolypothrix sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (The lichen on bark) Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, Modified BG-110 medium, N-Free medium) ; 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

Nowruzi, B., Hutarova, L., Vešelenyiova, D., Metcalf, J. S. 2024 Characterization of Neowestiellopsis persica A1387 (Hapalosiphonaceae) based on the cpcA, psbA, rpoC1, nifH and nifD gene sequences. BMC Ecol. Evol., 24, 57 (article ID).
Keywords: Cyanobacteria; Phylogenetic analysis; Neowestiellopsis persica, cpcA
Strain(s): 212223255073267592209821002107327537543756397440734074410141034106 
PubMed: 38711016
DOI: 10.1186/s12862-024-02244-z

Umesaka, K., Banba, M., Chiba, S., Fujita, Y. 2024 Restoration of the functional nif gene cluster by complex recombination events during heterocyst development in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Calothrix sp. NIES-4101. Plant Cell Physiol., 65, 1050-1064.
Keywords: Calothrix sp. NIES-4101; Cyanobacteria; Differentiation; Heterocysts; nif Strain(s): 4101 
PubMed: 38305573
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcae011

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