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Cyanobacteria6
  • Nostoc, also known as star jelly, troll's butter, spit of moon, fallen star, witch's butter (not to be confused with the fungi commonly known as witches' butter), and witch's jelly, is the most common genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of both aquatic and terrestrial environments that may form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath of polysaccharides. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nostoc are a genus of Gram-negative photosynthetic cyanobacteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scientific name - Kingdom- Monera, Phylum- Cyanobacteria, Class- N\A, Order- nostocaler, Family- Nostocaceae, Genus- Nostoc, Species- caeruleum Description - Nostoc is a one celled autotrophic organism that performs photosynthesis with out chloroplasts. (planetpapers.com)
  • Maggie and Ben went out to collect a sample and got it under the microscope, as good scientists do, and identified Nostoc, a kind of cyanobacteria that grows in colonies surrounded by a jelly-like sheath. (mainelakes.org)
  • Nostoc flagelliforme is a terrestrial nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, which has strong xeric ecological adaptability. (nefu.edu.cn)
  • Azolla has a symbiotic relationship with the cyanobacteria Nostoc azollae , which live in special cavities inside Azolla 's leaves. (yale.edu)
Cyanobacterium5
  • Additional treatment methods are tested against this nursery nuisance By Heather Stoven and Jennifer Parke Slimy colonies of the cyanobacterium Nostoc are increasingly noticeable in nurseries and sports infields throughout the country. (diggermagazine.com)
  • Cloning and characterisation of a hyp gene cluster in the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. (wikigenes.org)
  • hupS and hupL constitute a transcription unit in the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. (wikigenes.org)
  • We studied the effect of molybdenum (Mo) concentration on transcription and translation of a putative Mo-storage protein (Mop) in the freshwater heterocystous cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. (scirp.org)
  • Draft Genome Sequence of the Symbiotically Competent Cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. (uit.no)
Commune9
  • Nostoc has historically been utilized as a healthy food and traditional medicine, most notably in Asia Historically, the species N. flagelliforme and N. commune have been consumed in China, where it was used to survive famines and has been used as an ingredient in Chinese medicine since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dia dengan tegas meninggalkan pekerjaannya yang bergaji tinggi dan datang ke Pingtung.Dia juga membuat namanya terkenal dengan menanam nostoc commune yang segar dan lezat. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • Dia melakukan semua pekerjaan berat, Kulitnya yang putih kecokelatan, "seperti nostoc commune yang tidak mencolok," katanya sambil tersenyum. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • Dikenal oleh penduduk asli sebagai "air mata kekasih" nostoc commune, sebenarnya adalah sejenis alga biru hijau liar, kalsiumnya 12 kali lipat dari susu, dan nilai gizinya tinggi. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • Produk pertanian Ding Ding bersikeras untuk mencapai sertifikasi ganda perlindungan hijau organik, Tidak hanya proses penanaman yang benar-benar alami, tetapi juga pembersihan, pengeringan dan pemilihan setelah panen semuanya diambil dari tanah dan ditinggikan untuk menghindari polusi sekunder dan pastikan konsumen memakan nostoc commune yang bergizi dan higienis. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • Pertanian ini juga telah mengembangkan banyak cara kreatif untuk memakan nostoc commune, seperti menambahkan daging babi giling sebagai isian untuk membuat bakso, dan membuat jelly dan Mutiara (bubble pearl) sebagai makanan penutup musim panas. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • yang penuh kreativitas dan mendefinisikan kembali nilai nostoc commune. (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • Di kelas memasak pengalaman tur pertanian, Ding Ding juga telah bekerja sama dengan koki di berbagai bidang gaya Cina dan Barat berkali-kali untuk membuat hidangan kreatif, dan menemukan bahwa nostoc commune sangat cocok untuk memanggang pizza, memasak nasi rebus, dan membuat kue udang, dan bahkan menjadi Peran penting dalam masakan molekuler, Ding Ding mengatakan bahwa penambahan nostoc commune ke sup ikan Marseille dalam masakan Prancis, rasanya bahkan lebih unik! (gogo-taiwanfarm.org)
  • The protective effect of Nostoc commune Vauch. (bvsalud.org)
Species10
  • Nostoc is a genus that includes many species that are diverse in morphology, habitat distribution, and ecological function. (wikipedia.org)
  • The name Nostoc was coined by Paracelsus and is a combination of the English nostril and German Nasenloch "nose hole, nostril", likely due to appearance of many species colonies being similar to nasal mucus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Many species of Nostoc possess an outer layer and extensive inner matrix of polysaccharides, giving them their "jelly-like" or gelatinous appearance, and also help to protect them from their environment and can assist in the absorption of moisture. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, some species of Nostoc are able to enter quiescent stages, further aiding in their survival of adverse conditions, and allowing them to resume metabolism when re-hydrated. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nostoc can be found in a variety of environments, both terrestrial and aquatic, depending on the species. (wikipedia.org)
  • Their polysaccharide outer layer and matrix allows them to survive and thrive in a variety of conditions and habits ranging from deserts, semideserts, grasslands, polar, and tropical regions depending on the particular species of Nostoc. (wikipedia.org)
  • Depending on the species, Nostoc may either be free-living in their environment, or they may form relationships with the other organisms in their environment, such as plants, fungi, or other bacteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some species of Nostoc also form relationships with plants that lack vascular tissue such as Bryophytes because of their ability to fix nitrogen. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some species of Nostoc that form colonies in freshwater environments provide a habitat to other freshwater bacteria. (wikipedia.org)
  • Site information for: NtcA in species Nostoc sp. (collectf.org)
Genus1
Colonies2
  • Because Nostoc is able to form colonies on the surface of bare minerals, it is able to provide a more stable environment for higher vegetation in its environment. (wikipedia.org)
  • and C. nostocicola, with larvae feeding on Nostoc and attaching the algal colonies to rocks and other objects. (osu.edu)
Algae11
  • Physically, nostoc algae resemble a mass of gelatinous, organized jelly beads. (constructionhow.com)
  • Alkaline environments promote the growth of nostoc algae. (constructionhow.com)
  • You shouldn't become alarmed if you notice nostoc algae in your yard. (constructionhow.com)
  • Nostoc algae growth could also result from stagnant water. (constructionhow.com)
  • Then it would help if you poured the solution where the nostoc algae may be seen. (constructionhow.com)
  • The nostoc algae may be removed by repeating this procedure three days in a row, and you could also try to determine why they were growing there. (constructionhow.com)
  • Apply equally on the infested areas until the nostoc algae are dead to stop further nostoc infestation. (constructionhow.com)
  • You must be informed that extra fungicide should be treated in areas heavily covered with thick nostoc algae. (constructionhow.com)
  • In areas where nostoc algae are growing, algaecides have no impact on the pH of the soil. (constructionhow.com)
  • The nostoc algae in your yard can quickly raise the pH of your soil, so you need to exercise caution. (constructionhow.com)
  • It involved two strains of cryophilic ('cold-loving') algae: Sphaerocystis, a native to Norway, and Nostoc, a blue-green algae normally found in Antarctica. (unknowncountry.com)
Bacteria1
  • Nostoc has also been found to form symbiotic associations and other relationships with other bacteria in their environment. (wikipedia.org)
Nitrogen3
  • Importance - Nostoc is important to farmers because the Nostoc in riches the soil with nitrogen. (planetpapers.com)
  • The nitrogen is used by plants so the Nostoc act like artificial fertilizer, but not as hurtful or costly. (planetpapers.com)
  • Nostoc is also a nitrogen fixer, it can take N2 from the air to be used in symbiotic relationships with mosses, ferns, lichens and other fungi. (easttennesseewildflowers.com)
Soil2
  • Nostoc can be found in soil, on moist rocks, at the bottom of lakes and springs, and rarely in marine habitats. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nostoc has the unique ability to survive and colonize new and bare mineral surfaces by moss and other higher plants, which then allows for more organic soil and stable vegetation. (wikipedia.org)
Fixation1
  • NO fluxes were measured from biologically crusted soils with three levels of N fixation potential (Scytonema-Nostoc-Collema spp. (usgs.gov)
Characterization2
  • In vitro characterization of a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from Nostoc sp. (edu.sa)
  • Dive into the research topics of 'In vitro characterization of a carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase from Nostoc sp. (edu.sa)
Membrane1
  • The Nostoc is given its bluish color from a blue pigment called phycocyanin and its green color from the chlorophyll is surrounded by a membrane cell wall, called an acapsule. (planetpapers.com)
Lawn1
Interactions1
  • Currently I am working on the genomics of free-living and lichen-forming Nostoc and trying to understand how the dynamics of how genomes change in space, time, and organismal interactions. (uwm.edu)
Habitat1
  • Habitat -The habitat of a Nostoc is in the ground and on the roots of plants. (planetpapers.com)
Environments3
  • In terms of aquatic environments, Nostoc has been documented to be naturally found in marine water, fresh water, as well as brackish water. (wikipedia.org)
  • It has been suggested that Nostoc be used in environments of retreating glaciers in order to establish new and more stable presences of vegetation on newly exposed mineral surfaces. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nostoc is known to thrive in wet environments or near water. (constructionhow.com)
Ground1
  • When it is on the ground, a Nostoc colony is ordinarily not seen, but after a rain, it swells up into a conspicuous, jellylike mass, which was once thought to have fallen from the sky, hence the popular names, like star jelly, troll's butter, and witch's butter mentioned above. (wikipedia.org)
Source1
  • In addition to the suggested pharmaceutical usage, Nostoc has also been a suggested biofertilizer, and source of fatty acids for biofuel production. (wikipedia.org)
Punctiforme6
  • The intergenic region between the structural genes encoding the uptake hydrogenase ( hupSL ) and the accessory maturation proteins ( hyp genes) in the cyanobacteria Nostoc PCC 7120 and N. punctiforme were analysed using molecular methods. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In N. punctiforme and Nostoc PCC 7120 the ORFs upstream of the hyp -genes showed similar transcript level profiles as hupS (hydrogenase structural gene), nifD (nitrogenase structural gene), hypC and hypF (accessory hydrogenase maturation genes) after nitrogen depletion. (biomedcentral.com)
  • DNA binding studies showed interactions of the transcriptional regulators CalA and CalB to the promoter regions of the extended hyp -operon in N. punctiforme and Nostoc PCC 7120. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In N. punctiforme and Nostoc PCC 7120 they are transcribed as one operon and may form transcripts together with the hyp -genes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The expression pattern of the five ORFs within the extended hyp -operon in both Nostoc punctiforme and Nostoc PCC 7120 is similar to the expression patterns of hupS , nifD , hypF and hypC . (biomedcentral.com)
  • The engineered E. coli used genetic code from the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens and from the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme as well as soil microbe Bacillus subtilis to make the fuel molecules from fatty acids, along with a gene from the camphor tree- Cinamomum camphora -to cut the resulting hydrocarbon to the right length. (scientificamerican.com)
71201
  • In silico analyzes showed that these ORFs in N. punctiform e harbor the same conserved regions as their homologues in Nostoc PCC 7120 and that they, like their homologues in Nostoc PCC 7120, can be transcribed together with the hyp -genes forming a larger extended hyp- operon. (biomedcentral.com)
Isolated from the cyanobacterium2
  • Four new suomilides isolated from the cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. (uit.no)
  • [ 28 ] Cyanovirin-N, an 11-kDa protein isolated from the cyanobacterium Nostoc ellipsosporum , selectively binds to a conserved high-mannose carbohydrate region on gp120, preventing the attachment of virus to target cells at low nanomolar concentrations. (medscape.com)
Anabaena1
  • Shuttle vector suitable for transfer to, and replication in, E. coli and Anabaena (Nostoc) sp. (addgene.org)
Cyanobacteria Nostoc sp3
Strains2
  • CalA, a known transcription factor, interacts with the promoter region between hupSL and the five ORFs in the extended hyp -operon in both Nostoc strains. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Colonization of roots of rice ( Oryza sativa ) by symbiotic Nostoc strains. (ub.ac.id)
Strain1
  • Association study of Nostoc strain CPG8, CPG24, and GIA13a with roots of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) through scanning electron microscopy. (ub.ac.id)
Organism1
  • Nostoc is a dark blue-green, jelly-like organism sometimes found in soggy home lawns. (clemson.edu)
Flagelliforme1
  • 7. Complementary UV-absorption of mycosporine-like amino acids and scytonemin is responsible for the UV-insensitivity of photosynthesis in Nostoc flagelliforme. (nih.gov)
Freshwater1
  • We studied the effect of molybdenum (Mo) concentration on transcription and translation of a putative Mo-storage protein (Mop) in the freshwater heterocystous cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. (scirp.org)
Terrestrial2
  • Nostoc, also known as star jelly, troll's butter, spit of moon, fallen star, witch's butter (not to be confused with the fungi commonly known as witches' butter), and witch's jelly, is the most common genus of cyanobacteria found in a variety of both aquatic and terrestrial environments that may form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath of polysaccharides. (wikipedia.org)
  • Three terrestrial Nostoc spp. (uit.no)
Biomass2
  • A 0.7 g fresh weight biomass of 21-day-old Nostoc sp. (ub.ac.id)
  • The dry biomass of Nostoc sp. (bvsalud.org)
Crystal1
  • The crystal structure of the N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase from Nostoc sp. (uit.no)
Environmentally1
  • We wanted to research a more environmentally friendly and sustainable method of controlling nostoc. (diggermagazine.com)
Study2
  • Thus, the objectives of this study were to assess the efficacy of manual nostoc removal (cleaning) on overall control of the microorganism and test different sanitizers to determine if two maintenance applications after cleaning could further contribute to nostoc control. (diggermagazine.com)
  • In this study, Nostoc sp. (bvsalud.org)
Growth1
  • In short, our question was "Does cleaning and sanitizing control nostoc presence and growth in a nursery setting? (diggermagazine.com)
Presence1
Place1
  • The final evaluation of nostoc coverage took place on September 1 (Day 42). (diggermagazine.com)
Activity1
  • 4. Novel glycosylated mycosporine-like amino acid, 13-O-(β-galactosyl)-porphyra-334, from the edible cyanobacterium Nostoc sphaericum-protective activity on human keratinocytes from UV light. (nih.gov)
Complete2
  • Each plot was then divided down the middle, and half of each plot received a complete manual removal of nostoc. (diggermagazine.com)
  • The other half of each plot was left as is, with complete nostoc coverage. (diggermagazine.com)
Production1
  • In addition to the suggested pharmaceutical usage, Nostoc has also been a suggested biofertilizer, and source of fatty acids for biofuel production. (wikipedia.org)
Significant3
  • However, this model did provide a significant result for using "cleaned vs. not cleaned" as a very effective predictor variable for nostoc coverage (p = 2 x 10 -16 ). (diggermagazine.com)
  • There was no significant difference in nostoc coverage between the clean subplots that received only water and the clean subplots that received the various sanitizers. (diggermagazine.com)
  • Batch experiments were performed to determine the most significant factors for the removal of Cd and Pb ions from the synthetic aqueous solutions using dry Nostoc sp. (bvsalud.org)
Light1
  • 2. Impacts of varying light regimes on phycobiliproteins of Nostoc sp. (nih.gov)
Found2
  • In terms of aquatic environments, Nostoc has been documented to be naturally found in marine water, fresh water, as well as brackish water. (wikipedia.org)
  • The results indicated that the maximum biosorption of Pb and Cd ions was found under the conditions of 1 g of dry Nostoc sp. (bvsalud.org)
Order1
  • It has been suggested that Nostoc be used in environments of retreating glaciers in order to establish new and more stable presences of vegetation on newly exposed mineral surfaces. (wikipedia.org)
Model1
  • Considering the Langmuir isotherm model, the maximum biosorption capacity (qmax) of Nostoc sp. (bvsalud.org)