| SAG Strain Number: | 1224-1b |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Lepocinclis |
| Species: | acus |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | (O. F. Müller) Marin et Melkonian |
| Variety: | maior |
| Formerly called: | authentic strain of Euglena acus Ehrenberg var. maior Pringsheim |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | temperate |
| Continent: | Europe |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Locality: | near Cambridge |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 52.202347 / 0.128345 (7000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | before 1954 |
| Isolated by: | E.G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | strain 2 as Euglena acus Ehrenberg var. maior Pringsheim |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1954 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ErbsMS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | UTEX 1316; CCAP 1224/1B [dec.] |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Kim,J.I. et al. (2015) Taxon-rich multigene phylogeny of photosynthetic euglenoids (Euglenophyceae). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3 |
| Publication: | Kim J.I. et al. (2014) Molecular Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of the Genus Phacus (Phacaceae, Euglenophyceae) and the Descriptions of Seven New Species. J. Phycol. 50 (5):948-959 |
| Publication: | Kim, J.I. et al. (2012) Phylogenetic reappraisal of the genus Monomorphina (Euglenophyceae) based on molecular and morphological data. J. Phycol. 49 (1):82-91 |
| Publication: | Kim J.I. et al. (2010) Multigene Analyses of Photosynthetic Euglenoids and New Family, Phacaceae (Euglenales). J. Phycol. 46 (6):1278–1287 |
| Publication: | Linton E.W. et al. (2010) Reconstructing Euglenoid Evolutionary Relationships using Three Genes: NuclearSSU and LSU, and Chloroplast SSUrDNA Sequences and the Description of Euglenaria gen. nov. (Euglenophyta). Protist 161:603-619 |
| 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. (1956) Contributions towards a monograph of the genus Euglena. Nova Acta Leopoldina N.F. 18:1-168 |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION |
| Sequence Accession: | JN603872 Lepocinclis acus var. major strain SAG1224-1b 26S large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence. (1035 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ532460 Euglena acus var. major partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG 1224-1b. (2159 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | EF525351 Lepocinclis acus strain SAG1224-1b large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; plastid. (1771 bp) |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | 2 step: no survival 5% MetOH and DMSO |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
