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Strain number NIES-384  
Phylum Chlorophyta  
Class Chlorophyceae  
Scientific name Monoraphidium contortum (Thuret) Komárková-Legnerová  
Synonym Ankistrodesmus contortus Thuret 1856; Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. contortus (Thuret) Playfair 191; Rhaphidium duplex Kützing 1845; Rhaphidium polymorphum var. spirale West & G.S.West 1898; Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. spirilliformis G.S West 1904; Ankistrodesmus falcatus var. duplex (Kützing) G.S.West 1904; Ankistrodesmus angustus (C.Bernard) Oettli 1927; Ankistrodesmus pseudomirabilis var. spiralis Korshikov 1953  
Former name  
Common name Green alga  
Locality (Date of collection) Lake Unagiike, Kagoshima, Japan (1985-02-20)  
Latitude / Longitude 31.2232718507 / 130.605908612 
Habitat (Isolation source) Freshwater (Lake water)  
History < Sawaguchi, Tomohiro  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sawaguchi, Tomohiro (1985-02-23)  
Identified by Niiyama, Yuko  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Clonal; Non-axenic  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  C  
Temperature:  20 (25) C
Light intensity:  4-10 (14-16) µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  4 M (7 D)  
Gene information  
Cell size (min - max) - 25 μm  
Organization Unicellular 
Characteristics  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : Ep-i  
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-90
Microcystis aeruginosa Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Toxicity ; microcystin (+) (Tanabe et al. 2009b) ; ST5 (Tanabe et al. 2007)  
NIES-31
Oscillatoria laetevirens Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Hot spring  
NIES-263
Dolichospermum ucrainicum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Lake water) Cyanobacterial water bloom (aoko) ; Planktonic  
NIES-94
Scenedesmus acutus Green alga   Freshwater (River water)  
NIES-132
Coelastrum reticulatum Green alga   Freshwater  
Reference
Mori, F., Erata, M., Watanabe, M. M. 2002 Cryopreservation of cyanobacteria and green algae in the NIES-Collection. Microbiol. Cult. Coll., 18, 45-55.
Keywords: cryopreservation; cyanobacteria; green algae; FDA staining method; NIES-Collection
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