SAG 1224-5/9 Euglena gracilis

SAG Strain Number:	1224-5/9
TAXONOMY
Genus:	Euglena
Species:	gracilis
Taxonomic position:	Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae
Authority:	Klebs
Variety:
Formerly called:	E. gracilis var. saccharophila nom. nud.
Authentic:	no
Division:	Euglenophyta
Class:	Euglenophyceae
ORIGIN
General habitat:	freshwater
Climatic zone:	temperate
Continent:	Europe
Country:	United Kingdom
Locality:	from waste water of a sugar refinery
Lat. / Long.  (Precision):
Year:	1945
Isolated by:	Pringsheim E.G. (leg. T.G. Tomlinson)
Strain number by isolator:	strain T as E. gracilis saccharophila nom. nud.
Deposition by:	E. G. Pringsheim
Deposition date:	1954
CULTURE INFORMATION
Culture medium:	Eg Ag
Axenic:	axenic
Strain relatives:	CCAP 1224/5T; UTEX 752; ATCC 12893
Agitation resistance:	not detected
Special properties:	NO known Nagoya Protocol restrictions for this strain
PUBLICATIONS
Publication:	Pringsheim, E.G. (1955) Kleine Mitteilungen über Flagellaten und Algen. II. Euglena gracilis var. saccharophila n. var. und eine vereinfachte Nährlösung zur Vitamin B12-Bestimmung. Arch. Mikrobiol. 21:414-419
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