Algae Detail

UTEX Number: 1444
Class: Cyanophyceae
Strain: Anabaena flos-aquae
Media: BG-11 Medium
Origin: Mississippi, USA
Description of Location: freshwater
Type Culture: No
Collection:
Isolation: T. Tischer (1964)
Isolator Number: MSU A-37
Deposition: (9/65)
Relatives: CCAP 1403/13A; ATCC 29413; PCC 7937 Nostoc sp.; UTCC 67; UTCC B105; CCMEE 380; ACMM 485
Also Known As: A.variabilis (Healey 1973); Nostoc sp.
Notes: iron limitation, nitrogen fixation, siderophore production (Kerry et al. 1988); ferredoxin-NADP+ oxidoreductase, NADPH dehydrogenase (Scherer et al. 1988); amino acid biosynthesis (Niven et al. 1988a); amino acid liberation (Niven et al. 1988b); contains restriction endonuclease Avr (Streiner 1990); (Tischer & Moore 1964, Duyvesteyn et al. 1983); grown in shaded light

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