Strain number NIES-3991  
Phylum Cyanophyta  
Class Cyanophyceae  
Scientific name Nostoc commune Vaucher ex Bornet & Flauhault  
Synonym  
Former name  
Common name Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria  
Locality (Date of collection) Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan (2014-05-01)  
Latitude / Longitude 36.550716 / 136.705116 
Habitat (Isolation source) Terrestrial  
History < Sakamoto, Toshio  
Isolator (Date of isolation) Sakamoto, Toshio  
Identified by Sakamoto, Toshio  
State of strain Cryopreservation; Unialgal; Non-axenic[2017 Mar]  
Culture condition
(Preculture condition)
Medium:  Modified BG-110 (agar)  
Temperature:  20 C
Light intensity:  15-23 µmol photons/m2/sec, L/D cycle:  10L:14D
Duration:  3 M  
Gene information 16S rRNA ( LC013478 ) , Dps family protein ( LC369118 LC369114 )  
Cell size (min - max)  
Organization Filamentous 
Characteristics Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium)  
Other strain no. Other strain no. : KU008  
Remarks Cryopreserved; Very slow growth 
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Related strain information
(Large number of orders and same genus or species)
Related strain information
(Whose relevance due to simultaneous purchases and other information is inferred by AI)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-2109
Nostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Genome decoded strain  
NIES-21
Nostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Genome decoded strain  
NIES-3756
Nostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial (Water) Genome decoded strain (Hirose et al. 2016)  
NIES-2539
Nostoc verrucosum Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium) ; Epilithic  
NIES-4103
Nostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Freshwater (Water) Genome decoded strain  
Related strain information
(Used in same reference)
Strain number Scientific name Common name Habitat (Isolation source) Characteristics
NIES-3989
Nostoc commune Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium)  
NIES-2538
Desmonostoc sp. Blue-green alga ; Cyanobacteria   Terrestrial Drought tolerance ; Nitrogen fixation  (aerobic condition, N-Free medium)  
Reference
Inoue-Sakamoto, K., Tanji, Y., Yamaba, M., Natsume, T., Masaura, T., Asano, T., Nishiuchi, T., Sakamoto, T. 2018 Characterization of extracellular matrix components from the desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 64, 15-25.
Keywords: anhydrobiosis; desiccation tolerance; extracellular polysaccharide (EPS); superoxide dismutase (SOD); water stress protein (WspA)
Strain(s): 21082538398939903991 
PubMed: 29225284
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.2017.03.001

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