SAG 1224-1d Lepocinclis acus

SAG Strain Number:	1224-1d
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Lepocinclis
Species:	acus
Taxonomic position:	Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae
Authority:	(O. F. Müller) Marin et Melkonian
Variety:	gracilis
Formerly called:	authentic strain of Euglena acus Ehrenberg var. gracilis Pringsheim
Authentic:	yes
Division:	Euglenophyta
Class:	Euglenophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	United Kingdom
Locality:	Barton near Cambridge
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):	52.181695 / 0.056605  (400m)   View on Google Maps
Year:	1943
Isolated by:	E. G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:	strain 6 Euglena acus Ehrenberg var. gracilis Pringsheim
Deposition by:	E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:	1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	NH4E
Axenic:	bacterial or other types of contamination
Strain relatives:	UTEX 1304; CCAP 1224/1D [dec.]
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Kosmala, S. et al. (2005) PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXONOMIC POSITION OF LEPOCINCLIS FUSCA COMB. NOV. (=EUGLENA FUSCA) (EUGLENACEAE): MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR JUSTIFICATION. J. Phycol. 41:1258-1267
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
SEQUENCE INFORMATION
Sequence Accession:	AJ532457  partial 18S rRNA gene (2150 bp)
CRYO
Cryopreservation:	not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:	no