NIVA-CYA 306

Nostoc sp.
ORIGIN
Country origin
Norway
Locality origin
Ossian Sars, Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Locality type
Nutrient rich spring beneath bird rock.
Habitat
Terrestrial
Date of collecting
1990
Collector
Endal A.
Isolator
Skulberg R.
CULTURE
Medium
Z8
Growth temperature
15°C
DETAILS
Obtained from
NIVA Culture Collection of Algae
Date of isolation
1991
Date deposited to NORCCA
Collecting event remarks
"Ossian Sars, (78° 56' N, 12° 26' E). From the shore up to the bird cliffs by the creek. Bird spilling deposits on limestone rock and seashore limestone gravel. The cliff is estimated to hold some 5000 nesting birds in 1981"
Remarks
Received from Arild Endal, UMB, 1990. Isolated from agar (dish #44). Originally growing on Koenigia islandica.

Origin