Strain number NIES-4466  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nostoc sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Hokota River, Hokota, Ibaraki, Japan (2015-11-12)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.143889 / 140.512971 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (River water)  
History < Suenaga, Toshikazu; Terada, Akihiko < Matsuzaki, Soichiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Matsuzaki, Soichiro (2016-04-10)  
Identified by Matsuzaki, Soichiro; Suda, Kazumi  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-clonal; Axenic[2022 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Modified BG-110 (寒天)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  14 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  2 M  
Gene information Whole-genome ( AP023441 ) , 16S rRNA ( LC485948 ) , plasmid DNA ( AP023442 AP023443 AP023444 AP023445 AP023446 )  
Cell size (min - max) 10 - 100 μm  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Nitrogen fixation  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : MS1  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
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Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2539
Nostoc verrucosum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium) ; Epilithic  
Reference
Suda, K., Suenaga, T., Matsuzaki, S., Riya, S., Ishii, K., Nomachi, M., Fujitani, H., Tsuneda, S., Chandran, K., Terada, A. 2026 Assimilatory N2O reduction by Nostoc sp. strain MS1 isolated from a river: insights from genome and 15N tracer analysis. Front. Microbiol., 17, 1759539 (article ID).
Keywords: 15N tracer; cyanobacteria; fluorescence-activated cell sorte; nitrous oxide; Nostoc sp.
Strain(s): 4466 
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1759539

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