| SAG Strain Number: | 9.99 |
| TAXONOMY |
| Genus: | Distigma |
| Species: | proteus |
| Taxonomic position: | Euglenophyta - Euglenophyceae |
| Authority: | Ehrenberg |
| Variety: | longicauda |
| Formerly called: | |
| Authentic: | yes |
| Division: | Euglenophyta |
| Class: | Euglenophyceae |
| ORIGIN |
| General habitat: | freshwater |
| Climatic zone: | |
| Continent: | Africa |
| Country: | Uganda |
| Locality: | Ruwenzori (Rwenzori), mud from Lake Bujuku, 3800 m |
| Lat. / Long. (Precision): | 0.3768144 / 29.893599 (500m) View on Google Maps |
| Year: | 1994 |
| Isolated by: | E. Kusel-Fetzmann (leg. Roland Albert) |
| Strain number by isolator: | 08 062 |
| Deposition by: | D. G. Angeler |
| Deposition date: | 03.1997 |
| CULTURE INFORMATION |
| Culture medium: | ErbsMS |
| Axenic: | bacterial or other types of contamination |
| Strain relatives: | |
| Agitation resistance: | not detected |
| Special properties: | colourless; authentic strain of forma: Distigma proteus Ehrenberg var. longicauda Angeler nov. var. f. capitata Angeler nov. f. acc. to Angeler (1999) |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
| Publication: | Angeler, D.G. (1999) Distigma proteus var. longicauda var. nov. - a new colourless englenoid described from cultures. Algological Studies 92:19-33 |
| CRYO |
| Cryopreservation: | not detected |
| TEACHING |
| Recommended for teaching: | no |
