Euglena sanguinea
| Euglena sanguinea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Euglenozoa |
| Class: | Euglenoidea |
| Order: | Euglenales |
| Family: | Euglenaceae |
| Genus: | Euglena |
| Species: | E. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Euglena sanguinea | |
Euglena sanguinea is a species 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] Icthyotoxin euglenophycin is a toxin that is very similar in structure to solensopsin, a alkaloid that is found in fire ant venom. This is the only known species of euglenids that is able to form toxic blooms that cause tangible losses to fish farms.
References
- National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
- 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". Food Search International. 65 (SI): 215–223. hdl:2437/241082.
- 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. .
- 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. .
- Kulczycka, A., Łukomska-Kowalczyk, M., Zakryś, B. et al. PCR identification of toxic euglenid species Euglena sanguinea. J Appl Phycol 30, 1759–1763 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-017-1376-z
External links
- Mary Gojdics (1939). "Some observations on Euglena sanguinea Ehrbg". JSTOR 3222874.
- "Euglena sanguinea Ehrenberg". AlgaeBase. Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
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