| SAG Strain Number: | 1224-5/18 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Euglena |
| Species: | gracilis |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | Klebs |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridgeshire, ditch at Wicken Fen |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.310276 / 0.29137 (200m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | strain S |
| Deposition by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | Eg Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1224/5S |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Sara Tucci (2008) Wax ester fermentation and fatty acid biosynthesis in the facultatively anaerobic flagellate Euglena gracilis. PhD |
| Publication: | Pringsheim E.G. et al. (1952) Experimental Elimination of Chromatophores and Eyespot in Euglena gracilis. New Phytologist 51 (1):65–76 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
