Nostoc thermotolerans was a newly isolated strain of cyanobacteria cultured in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India as of 2017.

In habitat, these cyanobacteria live in macroscopic light blue-green mats found in the crevices of small hillocks.

This Nostoc species lives in an extremely hot and dry environment, which the name implies.

This strain was able be isolated in lab allowing documentation of morphological and phenotypical analysis.

DNA was extracted from culture using Himedia Ultrasensitive Spin Purification Kit (MB505).