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SAG 1224-5/18 Euglena gracilis

SAG Strain Number:1224-5/18
TAXONOMY
Genus:Euglena
Species:gracilis
Taxonomic position:Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae
Authority:Klebs
Variety:
Formerly called:
Authentic:no
Division:Euglenophyta
Class:Euglenophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:freshwater
Climatic zone:temperate
Continent:Europe
Country:United Kingdom
Locality:Cambridgeshire, ditch at Wicken Fen
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):52.310276 / 0.29137  (200m)   View on Google Maps
Year:1948
Isolated by:E. G. Pringsheim
Strain number by isolator:strain S
Deposition by:E. G. Pringsheim
Deposition date:1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:Eg Ag
Axenic:axenic
Strain relatives:CCAP 1224/5S
Agitation resistance:not detected
Special properties:NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
 
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:Sara Tucci (2008) Wax ester fermentation and fatty acid biosynthesis in the facultatively anaerobic flagellate Euglena gracilis. PhD
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