Euglena mutabilis F.Schmitz

Classification:
Empire Eukaryota
Kingdom Protozoa
Phylum Euglenophyta
Class Euglenophyceae
Order Euglenales
Family Euglenaceae (1)
Genus Euglena

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Publication details
Euglena mutabilis F.Schmitz 1884: 37, pl. 1: fig. 3

Type species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Euglena is Euglena viridis (O.F.Müller) Ehrenberg.

Status of name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Origin of species name
Adjective (Latin), variable.

Synonym(s)
No synonyms are currently included in AlgaeBase.

General environment
This is a Terrestrial species.

Type information
Type locality: Germany: Bonn (Silva 1996-to date).

Detailed distribution with sources
(as Euglena mutabilis F.Schmitz)
Europe: Britain (Wolowski 2002, Whitton et al. 2003), Czech Republic (Gross, Oesterhelt, Tischendorf & Lederer 2002), Romania (Caraus 2002, Caraus 2012), Spain (Alvárez Cobelas 1984, Aboal 1990).

South America: Brazil (Alves-da-Silva & Menezes 2010).

Asia: China (Hu & Wei 2006).

South-east Asia: Singapore (Pham et al. 2011).

Australia and New Zealand: Victoria (Day et al. 1995).

Source of synonymy
Silva, P.C. (1996-to date). Index Nominum Algarum, University Herbarium, University of California, Berkeley http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/INA.html. Updated continuously. ..

Key references
Hu, H. & Wei, Y. (2006). The freshwater algae of China. Systematics, taxonomy and ecology. pp. [4 pls of 16 figs], [i-iv], i-xv, 1-1023. China: www.sciencep.com.

Khaybullina, L.S., Gaysina, L.A., Johansen, J.R. & Krautova, M. (2010). Examination of the terrestrial algae of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Fottea, Olomouc 10: 201-215.

Kim, J.I., Shin, W. & Triemer, R.E. (2010). Multigene analyses of photosynthetic euglenoids and new family, Phacaceae (Euglenales). Journal of Phycology 46(6): 1278-1287.

Milanowski, R., Kosmala, S., Zakrys, B. & Kwiatowski, J. (2006). Phylogeny of photosynthetic euglenophytes based on combined chloroplast and cytoplasmic SSU rDNA sequence analysis. Journal of Phycology 42: 721-730.

Nudelman, M.A., Rossi, M.S., Conforti, V. & Triemer, R.E. (2003). Phylogeny of Euglenophyceae based on small subunit rDNA sequences: taxonomic implications. Journal of Phycology 39: 226-235.

Starmach, K. (1983). Euglenophyta - Eugleniny. Vol. 3 pp. 594. Warszawa: Panstwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe.

Triemer, R.E., Linton, E., Shin, W., Nudelman, A., Monfils, A., Bennett, M. & Brosnan, S. (2006). Phylogeny of the Euglenales based upon combined SSU and rDNA sequence comparisons and description of Discoplastis gen. nov. (Euglenophyta). Journal of Phycology 42: 731-740.

UTEX Cultures
UTEX Culture 2650 Euglena mutabilis
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CCAP Cultures
CCAP Strain Number 1224/9A Euglena mutabilis F.Schmitz
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SAG Cultures
SAG Cultures may be viewed at http://sagdb.uni-goettingen.de/showstrains.php?genus=Euglena&species=mutabilis

SCCAP Cultures
Cultures from the Scandinavian Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Copenhagen (SCCAP) and Protozoa may be viewed at http://www.sccap.dk/search/algaebase.asp?Genus=Euglena&Species=mutabilis

NCBI Nucleotide Sequences

Created: 11 April 2002 by M.D. Guiry

Verified by: 07 December 2011 by Wendy Guiry

Accesses: This record has been accessed by users 1876 times since it was created.

References
(Please note: only references with the binomials in the title are included. The information is from the Literature database.)

Hosiaisluoma, V. (1975). On the ecology of Euglena mutabilis on peat bogs in Finland. Ann. Bot. Fen. 12: 35-36.
Olaveson, M.M. & Stokes, P.M. (1989). Responses of the acidophilic alga Euglena mutabilis (Euglenophyceae) to carbon enrichment at pH 3. Journal of Phycology 25: 529-239, 5 figs, 4 tables.
Pentecost, A. (1981). The distribution of Euglena mutabilis in a Sphagnum bog. British Phycological Journal 16: 139.

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Citing AlgaeBase
Cite this record as:
Wendy Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 2013. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 19 May 2013.

Algaebase taxon LSID: urn:lsid:algaebase.org:taxname:86513