| SAG Strain Number: | 1204-8a |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Astasia |
| Species: | fritschii |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | Pringsheim et Hovassee |
| Variety: | |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | Cambridge, ditch in Cherry Hinton |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.191167 / 0.168958 (1500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1940 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ErbsE |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | CCAP 1204/8A; UTEX 500 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; colourless; probably a Khawkinea; with stigma |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Pringsheim, E.G. (1956) Contributions towards a monograph of the genus Euglena. Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 18:1-168 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
