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SAG 1224-5/13 Euglena gracilis

SAG Strain Number:1224-5/13
TAXONOMY
Genus:Euglena
Species:gracilis
Taxonomic position:Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae
Authority:Klebs
Variety:
Formerly called:E. gracilis var. saccharophila nom. nud.
Authentic:no
Division:Euglenophyta
Class:Euglenophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:temperate
Continent:Europe
Country:United Kingdom
Locality:River Granta at Cambridge
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):52.199585 / 0.114319  (500m)   View on Google Maps
Year:1946
Isolated by:E.G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:strain R
Deposition by:E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:Eg Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:CCAP 1224/5R
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain;
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Tucci, S. et al. (2010) Variability of wax ester fermentation in natural and bleached Euglena gracilis Strains in response to oxygen and the elongase inhibitor flufenacet. J Eukaryot Microbiol 57 (1):63-9
Publication:Sara Tucci (2008) Wax ester fermentation and fatty acid biosynthesis in the facultatively anaerobic flagellate Euglena gracilis. PhD
Publication:Pringsheim, E.G. (1955) Kleine Mitteilungen über Flagellaten und Algen. II. Euglena gracilis var. saccharophila n. var. und eine vereinfachte Nährlösung zur Vitamin B12-Bestimmung. Arch. Mikrobiol. 21:414-419
Publication:Pringsheim E.G. et al. (1952) Experimental Elimination of Chromatophores and Eyespot in Euglena gracilis. New Phytologist 51 (1):65–76
CRYO
Cryopreservation:not detected
TEACHING
Recommended for teaching:no