Strain Data
Strain number NIES-4285  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Microcystis aeruginosa (Kützing) Lemmermann  
Synonym Microcystis ichthyoblabe Kützing; Microcystis novacekii (Komárek) Compère; Microcystis viridis (A.Brown) Lemmermann; Microcystis wesenbergii Komárek  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Abashiri, Yobito, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan (2017-08-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 43.99351944 / 144.22198611 
Habitat (Isolation source) Brackish water (Lake water)  
History < Tanabe, Yuuhiko  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Tanabe, Yuuhiko (2017-08-03)  
Identified by Tanabe, Yuuhiko  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition) 		Medium:  MA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  24 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( BIFY00000000 )  
Cell size (min - max) 3 - 5 μm  
Organization  
Characteristics Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (-) ; cyanopeptolin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2019) ; Salt-sensitive brackish water strain (Tanabe et al. 2019) ; Genome decoded strain (Tanabe et al. 2019)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : 17AbL-2  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic; Toxicity 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-298
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST60 (Tanabe et al. 2007) ; Draft genome sequence (Rhee et al. 2012)  
NIES-44
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; ST1 (Tanabe et al. 2007) ; Genome decoded strain (Okano et al. 2015)  
NIES-87
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Offensive odor ; ST1 (Tanabe et al. 2007) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamaguchi et al. 2018)  
NIES-843
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Offensive odor ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Planktonic ; Type strain (Otsuka et al. 2001) ; Genome decoded strain (Kaneko et al. 2007) ; ST18 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
NIES-102
 		Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; Genome decoded strain (Yamaguchi et al. 2020) ; ST10 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
Reference
Tanabe, Y. & Yamaguchi, H. 2019 Draft genome sequence of Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-4285, isolated from brackish water (Lake Abashiri, Japan). Microbiol. Resour. Ann., 8, e00001-19 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4285 
PubMed: 30746511
DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00001-19

Phan, C.-S., Ling, Z., Mehjabin, J. J., Matsuda, K., Prakoso, N., Umezawa, T., Wakimoto, T., Okino, T. 2024 Doubly homologated tyrosine-containing peptides from the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-4285 and their biosynthesis. J. Nat. Prod., 87, 2629-2639.
Strain(s): 4285 
PubMed: 39475151
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.4c00972

Ling, Z. 2025 Enzyme catalysis for algal secondary metabolites: Studies on halogenated compounds from Laurencia spp. and cyanobacterial homotyrosine. PhD thesis, Hokkaido University, Japan, 12 pp.
Strain(s): 4285 

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