| Name: | Nostoc cf. sphaeroides Kützing ex Bornet & Flahault |
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Taxonomy linkouts: @ NCBI @ Algaebase |
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Class: | Cyanophyceae |
| Division: | Cyanobacteria |
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| Identical Strains: | CCCryo 231-06_C2; UTEX EE21 + stay on ISS; CCMEE 391 + stay on ISS |
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Isolator: | R. O. Friedmann |
| Locality: | different permafrost soil and rock substrates |
| Geographical Details: | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
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| Temperature Classification: | psychrotolerant |
| Culture Temperature (°C): | 15 |
| Medium: | BG11 pH 8.5 Ag |
| axenic: | yes? |
Special Properties: | Strain is a descendant from a dried sample (C2) that was outside the ISS subjected for 534 days to: - vacuum (connected to space) - temperature fluxes between -20 and +47 °C - cosmic radiation approx. 500 mGy (equiv. to approx. 6 years on the surface of Mars) - no UV- or visible radiation (samples were exposed in the "bottom" layer) |
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