Euglena sanguinea
| Euglena sanguinea | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Excavata |
| Superphylum: | Discoba |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Euglenoidea |
| Order: | Euglenales |
| Family: | Euglenaceae |
| Genus: | Euglena |
| Species: | E. sanguinea |
| Binomial name | |
| Euglena sanguinea Ehrenberg, 1830 [1] | |
Euglena sanguinea is a protist of the genus Euglena. The red colour is due to the presence of astaxanthin and the cells can be populous enough to colour water red.The pigment is used to protect the chloroplasts from light that is too intense, but as the light levels change the cells can take on a green colour as the red pigment is moved to the centre of the cells. Euglena sanguinea is known to make the potent icthyotoxin euglenophycin.[2]
References
- ↑ WoRMS (2011). M. D. Guiry & G. M. Guiry, ed. "Euglena sanguinea Ehrenberg, 1830". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- ↑ Zimba, PV; Moeller, PD; Beauchesne, K; Lane, HE; Triemer, RE (2010). "Identification of euglenophycin--a toxin found in certain euglenoids". Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 55 (1): 100–4. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.004. PMID 19615398.
Further Reading
Deli, J.; Gonda, S; Nagy, ZS; Szabo, I; Gulyas-Fekete, G; Agocs, A; Marton, K; Vasas, G (November 2014). "Carotenoid composition of three bloom-forming algae species" (PDF). Food Search International 65 (SI): 215–223. doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2014.05.020. Retrieved 11 May 2014. Gerber, Sabine; Häder, Donat-P. (January 1994). "Effects of enhanced UV-B irradiation on the red coloured freshwater flagellate Euglena sanguinea". FEMS Microbiology Ecology 13 (3): 177–184. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1994.tb00064.x. Karnkowska-Ishikawa, Anna; Milanowski, Rafal; Triemer, Richard (June 2013). "A redescription of morphologically similar species from the genus Euglena: E.laciniata, E.sanguinea, E.sociabilis, and E.splendens". Journal of Phycology 49 (3): 616-626. doi:10.1111/jpy.12072.
External links
- Mary Gojdics (1939). "Some observations on Euglena sanguinea Ehrbg.". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 58 (3): 241–248. JSTOR 3222874.
- "Euglena sanguinea Ehrenberg". AlgaeBase.