SAG 1224-5/15 Euglena gracilis
| SAG Strain Number: | 1224-5/15 |
| TAXONOMY | |
| Genus: | Euglena |
| Species: | gracilis |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | Klebs |
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| Formerly called: | E. gracilis var. bacillaris nom. nud. |
| Authentic: | no |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN | |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
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| Year: | 1938 |
| Isolated by: | Cori |
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| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Eg Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | strain P of E. G. Pringsheim; CCAP 1224/7A; UTEX 160; ATCC 10616 |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain; used for vitamine B12 bioassay, growing rapidly up to 32°C; no Euglenophycin found in this strain by Zimba et al. 2017. SAG 06/2025 |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Zimba, P.V. et al. (2017) Euglenophycin is produced in at least six species of euglenoid algae and six of seven strains of Euglena sanguinea. Harmful Algae 63:79-84 |
| Publication: | Bennett M.S. et al. (2015) Chloroplast Genome Evolution in the Euglenaceae. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 62 (6):773-785 |
| Publication: | Dobakova, E. et al. (2015) Unexpectedly Streamlined Mitochondrial Genome of the Euglenozoan Euglena gracilis. Genome Biol Evol 7 (12):3358-67 |
| 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: | Sara Tucci (2008) Wax ester fermentation and fatty acid biosynthesis in the facultatively anaerobic flagellate Euglena gracilis. PhD |
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| SEQUENCE INFORMATION | |
| Sequencing Project: | PRJNA294935 Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris mitochondrial genome sequencing and assembly |
| Sequence Accession: | KP686076 Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris strain SAG 1224-5/15 chloroplast,complete genome. (132034 bp) |
| Sequence Accession: | AJ532425 Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris partial 18S rRNA gene, strain SAG 1224-5/15. (2242 bp) |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
