Strain number NIES-4490  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Umezakia ovalisporum (Forti) McGregor, Sendall, Niiyama, Tuji & Willis  
Synonym Aphanizomenon ovalisporum Forti 1911; Chrysosporum ovalisporum (Forti) Zapomelová, Skácelová, Pumann, Kopp & Janeček 2013; Umezakia natans M.Watanabe 1987  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Hateruma Isl., Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan (2012-09-22)  
Latitude / Longitude 24.048833 / 123.774900 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Pond water)  
History < Niiyama, Yuko; Tuji, Akihiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Niiyama, Yuko (2012-09-28)  
Identified by Niiyama, Yuko  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  CCT  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  1 M  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) 5 - 6 μm  
Organization Filamentous; Branched 
Characteristics Planktonic ; Nitrogen fixation  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Ak1311; HU2  
Remarks Cryopreserved 
Movie  
Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-26
Nostoc minutum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Chromatic adaptation  
Reference
McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A., Willis, A. 2023 Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). J. Phycol., 59, 326-341.
Strain(s): 21262665358541034490 
PubMed: 36680435
DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13317

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