Strain number NIES-4263  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Phormidium sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Hatagaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan (2008-11-03)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.678097 / 139.671388 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Water)  
History < Sato, Naoki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sato, Naoki (2014-09-16)  
Identified by Sato, Naoki  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  BG-11 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  5-11 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( AB510147 ) , hmpABCDE ( AB992257 ) , clpB, hps, hpsE, hpsF, hpsG1, hpsG2, hpsG3, hpsG4, ORF303, ORF297, htpG, hpsA, hpsB, hpsD, hpsH ( AB992256 ) , hpsI ( AB992255 ) , hpsJ/K ( AB992254 )  
Cell size (min - max) 1 - 2 μm  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Attached  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : strain KS  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
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-2119
Phormidium ambiguum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Offensive odor ; geosmin production (Iwase et al. 2010) ; Hydrogen evolution ; Attached ; Genome decoded strain (Zhu et al. 2017)  
NIES-34
Phormidium foveolarum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria    
NIES-32
Phormidium foveolarum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater  
NIES-507
Phormidium jenkelianum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (River sediment)  
NIES-2125
Phormidium luridum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria    
Reference
Sato, N., Katsumata, Y., Sato, K., Tajima, N. 2014 Cellular dynamics drives the emergence of supracellular structure in the Cyanobacterium, Phormidium sp. KS. Life-Basel, 4, 819-836.
Keywords: cyanobacteria; Phormidium; supracellular structure; biofilm; spiral formation; emergence of order; slime gun model
Strain(s): 4263 
PubMed: 25460162
DOI: 10.3390/life4040819

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