| SAG Strain Number: | 1216-6 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Distigma |
| Species: | proteus |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | Pringsheim ex Ettl |
| Variety: | longicauda |
| Formerly called: | Distigma proteus Ehrenberg |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | soil |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | Italy |
| Locality: | Sicily, soil from irrigation canal |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 37.605528 / 14.017639 (125000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1958 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ErbsS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 1280 as D. levis |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Angeler, D.G. (1999) Distigma proteus var. longicauda var. nov. - a new colourless englenoid described from cultures. Algological Studies 92:19-33 |
| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | AF386638 Distigma proteus var. longicauda strain SAG 1216-6 culture-collection SAG:1216-6 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (3674 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | yes |
