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 
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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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(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2135
Leptolyngbya boryana Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-25
Desmonostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-19
Anabaena cylindrica Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria    
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-4074
Cylindrospermum sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Soil) 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): 21,  22,  25,  26,  30,  39,  44,  73,  87,  88,  267,  592,  806,  843,  932,  970,  2098,  2100,  2107,  2108,  2111,  2549,  3275,  3754,  3756,  3974,  4073,  4074,  4075,  4101,  4103,  4106 
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): 19,  21,  22,  23,  25,  37,  50,  73,  267,  806,  932,  2098,  2100,  2107,  2109,  2111,  2130,  2135,  3275,  3585,  3757,  3974,  4070,  4073,  4074,  4075,  4101,  4102,  4103,  4106 
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): 21,  22,  23,  25,  50,  73,  267,  592,  2098,  2100,  2107,  3275,  3754,  3756,  3974,  4073,  4074,  4101,  4103,  4106 
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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