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SAG 1224-5/4 Euglena gracilis

SAG Strain Number:1224-5/4
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:
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:1939
Isolated by:E. G. Pringsheim (leg. Sister Monica Taylor 1939)
Strain number by isolator:strain D
Deposition by:E.G. Pringsheim (SAG)
Deposition date:1954
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: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. 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