| SAG Strain Number: | 1204-17a |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Euglena |
| Species: | longa |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | (Pringsheim) Marin et Melkonian |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Astasia longa Pringsheim |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Czech Republic |
| Locality: | Bohemia, Musikantenteich near Hirschberg (Doksy), boggy ditch |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 50.561737 / 14.672368 (500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1936 |
| Isolated by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | ON 366A |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | ErbsMS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1204/17A; UTEX 512 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; colourless; authentic strain of Euglena longa (Pringsheim) Marin et Melkonian 2003 |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Milanowski R. et al. (2014) Distribution of Conventional and Nonconventional Introns in Tubulin (alpha and beta) Genes of Euglenids. Mol. Biol. Evol. 31 (3):584-593 |
| Publication: | Marin, B. et al. (2003) Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing Euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist 154 (1):99-145 |
| Publication: | Pringsheim E.G. (1936) Zur Kenntnis saprotropher Algen und Flagellaten. 1. Mitteilung. Über Anhäufungskulturen polysaprober Flagellaten. Arch. Protistenk. 87:43-96 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ532428 partial 18S rRNA gene (2311 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ251783 Astasia longa partial vppa gene for putative proton-translocating inorganic pyrophosphatase. (597 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KC907630 Euglena longa strain SAG 1204-17a alpha-tubulin (tubA) gene, partial cds. (1337 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | KC907660 Euglena longa strain SAG 1204-17a beta-tubulin (tubB) gene, partial cds. (1364 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | 2 step: low survival 5% DMSO |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
