| 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: | no |
Special Properties: | Strain is a progeny of strain CCCryo 231-06_C2 that spent 531 days outside des International Space Station ISS in its desiccated colony stage - and survived! UV-VIS-Radiation: none (dark sample layer); Ionizing Radiation: 200 to 230 mGy (TLD700) over complete mission (696 days), daily dose = 290 to 330 microGy; Temperature: -20 to +47 degrees C; Pressure: vaccum (1.33 x 10^-4 Pa to 1.33 x 10^-3 Pa); Sediment: agarised BG11 medium |
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