| SAG Strain Number: | 54.79 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Nostoc |
| Species: | insulare |
| Taxonomic position: | Cyanobacteria |
| Authority: | Borzi |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
| Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Common name: | Blue-Green Algae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | |
| Country: | |
| Locality: | soil |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | |
| Year: | before 1979 |
| Isolated by: | H. Jakob |
| Strain number by isolator: | received from CNRS as M94/6 |
| Deposition by: | CNRS CC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France |
| Deposition date: | 12.1979 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ES |
| Axenic: | no |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | yes |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Roeselers G. et al. (2008) Diversity and expression of cyanobacterial hupS genes in pure cultures and in a nitrogen-limited phototrophic biofilm. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 63 (3):292-300 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2008) A newly developed assay for the quantitative determination of antimicrobial (anticyanobacterial) activity of both hydrophilic and lipophilic test compounds without any restriction. Microbiological Research 163 (2):161-167 |
| Publication: | Roeselers, G. (2007) Microbial ecology of phototrophic biofilms. :119 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. et al. (2006) Antialgal, antibacterial and antifungal activity of two metabolites produced and excreted by cyanobacteria during growth. Microbiological Research 161 (2):180–186 |
| Publication: | Volk R.-B. (2005) Screening of microalgal culture media for the presence of algicidal compounds and isolation and identification of two bioactive metabolites, excreted by the cyanobacteria Nostoc insulare and Nodularia harveyana. Journal of Applied Phycology 17 (4):339-347 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | EF186052 Nostoc insulare SAG 54.79 NifD (nifD) gene, partial cds. (208 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF431945 Nostoc insulare SAG 54.79 uptake hydrogenase small subunit (hupS) gene, partial cds. (249 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KM019927 Nostoc insulare SAG 54.79 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1463 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ980026 Nostoc insulare SAG 54.79 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence. (572 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | GQ168959 Nostoc insulare strain SAG 54.79 23S large subunit ribosomal RNA (rrnL) gene, partial sequence; chloroplast. (719 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | good survival, standard 2-step protocol 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
