| SAG Strain Number: | 1224-5/27 |
| 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: | Italy |
| Locality: | Capua |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 41.108847 / 14.212761 (10000m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1958 |
| Isolated by: | E. G. Pringsheim |
| Strain number by isolator: | |
| Deposition by: | E.G. Pringsheim (SAG) |
| Deposition date: | 1958 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION | |
| Culture medium: | Eg Ag |
| Axenic: | axenic |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain |
| PUBLICATIONS | |
| Publication: | Noselli G. et al. (2019) Swimming Euglena respond to confinement with a behavioral change enabling effective crawling. Nature Physics 15 (5):496-502 |
| Publication: | Rossi M. et al. (2017) Kinematics of flagellar swimming in Euglena gracilis: Helical trajectories and flagellar shapes. Proc 114 (50):13085-13090 |
| 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 |
| CRYO | |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING | |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
