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SAG 1224-5/27 Euglena gracilis

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