Nostoc commune
Star jelly
Culture number: OMC-0004 · Record ID: OMN-MIC-0004
- Genus
- Nostoc
- Culture category
- Cyanobacteria
- Host / substrate
- Biological soil crust
- Collection date
- 2025-09-13
- Location
- Qurum, Muscat
- Holding institution
- National Heritage Collection (Demo)
Overview
Culture identity
All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.
Scientific classification
- Record type
- Microbial culture
- Strain type
- Lyophilised strain
- Batches
- 3
- Molecular status
- Sequenced (demo)
Resource network
This record
OMC-0004
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Host & source
Isolation origin
Where this culture was isolated from. A source relationship is documented fact — it does not by itself prove the organism caused any observed symptoms.
Environmental substrate
Biological soil crust
- Substrate
- Desert soil crust after rain
- Source type
- Environmental
No disease symptoms recorded
No symptoms were documented on the source material, and this organism is not assumed to be pathogenic.
Collection
Geographic origin
The recorded collection location of this culture.
Culture management
Culture lifecycle
Documented batches and transfer events for this culture, in chronological order.
Current status
Active — cryopreserved backup held
- Culture number
- OMC-0004
- Batches
- 3
- Transfer events
- 2
Batch explorer
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Transfer history
2025-10-08 · batch B2025-049
Culture registered
Registered at National Heritage Collection (Demo) as culture OMC-0004.
Batch numbers and transfer dates are synthetic demonstration values; no viability, preservation-method or storage-condition data is claimed beyond what is shown.
Molecular data
Genomic explorer
Markers, sequence files and DNA barcodes linked to this culture. Marker availability follows the organism group — not every culture has ITS or TEF data.
Molecular markers
Sequenced (demo)- Marker
- 16S ribosomal RNA gene
- Type
- Ribosomal barcode
- Sequence ID
- OMN-MIC-0004_16S
- Length
- 1450 bp
Synthetic demonstration sequence — not a real sequencing result.
Sequence viewer · 16S
Genomic file library
OMN-MIC-0004_16S.fasta
FASTA · marker 16S · synthetic demonstration file
Research
Research & provenance
How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.
Data provenance
Isolation
Isolated from biological soil crust at Qurum, 2025-09-13
Culture registration
National Heritage Collection (Demo) · 2025-10-08
Culture management
3 batches · 2 transfers (demo)
Molecular data
16S (demo)
No publications linked
Publications citing this culture will appear here once they are added by the holding institution.
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