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NIVA-CYA 123/1

Microcystis aeruginosa

ORIGIN

Country origin

Sweden

Locality origin

Lake Mälaren, Vårdsätraviken, Sweden

Locality type

Freshwater

Habitat

Freshwater

Date of collecting

1983-08-25

Collector

Willén T.

Isolator

Skulberg R.

CULTURE

Medium

Z8

Growth temperature

15°C

DETAILS

Obtained from

NIVA Culture Collection of Algae

Date of isolation

1983

Date deposited to NORCCA

20-Nov-1998

Remarks

Produces strong odour (sulfur like).

References

Mallia, Vittoria, Lada Ivanova, Gunnar S. Eriksen, Emma Harper, Lisa Connolly, and Silvio Uhlig. 2020. “Investigation Of In Vitro Endocrine Activities Of Microcystis And Planktothrix Cyanobacterial Strains”. Toxins. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins12040228.

Rudi, Knut, Olav M. Skulberg, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 1998. “Evolution Of Cyanobacteria By Exchange Of Genetic Material Among Phyletically Related Strains”. Journal Of Bacteriology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.180.13.3453-3461.1998.

Mikalsen, Bjørg, Gudrun Boison, Olav M. Skulberg, Jutta Fastner, William Davies, Tove M. Gabrielsen, Knut Rudi, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 2003. “Natural Variation In The Microcystin Synthetase Operon Mcyabc And Impact On Microcystin Production In Microcystis Strains”. Journal Of Bacteriology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.185.9.2774-2785.2003.

Tooming-Klunderud, Ave, Bjørg Mikalsen, Tom Kristensen, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 2008. “The Mosaic Structure Of The Mcyabc Operon In Microcystis”. Microbiology. doi:https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/015875-0.

Rudi, Knut, and Kjetill S. Jakobsen. 1997. “Cyanobacterial Trnaleu(Uaa) Group I Introns Have Polyphyletic Origin”. Fems Microbiology Letters. doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb12743.x.

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