Strain number NIES-4473  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Coelosphaerium sp.  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Shinji, Shimane, Japan (2009-10-05)  
Latitude / Longitude 35.4504 / 132.9599 
Habitat (Isolation source) Brackish water (Lake water)  
History < Ohtani, Shuji < Godo, Toshiyuki  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Godo, Toshiyuki (2009-10-08)  
Identified by Ohtani, Shuji  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-clonal; Axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CA  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  14-16 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information 16S-ITS-23S ( LC151466 ) , geoA ( LC331271 )  
Cell size (min - max) 2 - 3 μm  
Organization Colonial 
Characteristics Offensive odor ; geosmin production (Godo et al. 2017)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : G2  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Axenic 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Reference
Godo, T., Saki, Y., Nojiri, Y., Tsujitani, M., Sugahara, S., Hayashi, S., Kamiya, H., Ohtani, S., Seike, Y. 2017 Geosmin-producing Species of Coelosphaerium (Synechococcales, Cyanobacteria) in Lake Shinji, Japan. Sci Rep, 7, 41928 (article ID).
Strain(s): 4473 
PubMed: 28195147
DOI: 10.1038/srep41928

Hayashi, S., Ohtani, S., Godo, T., Nojiri, Y., Saki, Y., Esumi, T., Kamiya, H. 2019 Identification of geosmin biosynthetic gene in geosmin-producing colonial cyanobacteria Coelosphaerium sp. and isolation of geosmin non-producing Coelosphaerium sp. from brackish Lake Shinji in Japan. Harmful Algae, 84, 19-26.
Keywords: Geosmin; Geosmin synthase gene; Coelosphaerium sp.Geosmin-producing and non-producing strains; Lake Shinji
Strain(s): 447344744475 
PubMed: 31128804
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2019.01.010

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