Euglenoids (Euglenids)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Protista (unranked) Excavata Phylum: Euglenophyta Class: Euglenoidea Order: Euglenales Family: Euglenaceae Genus: Euglena Ehrenberg, 1830

Euglena are common protists, of the class Euglenoidea of the phylum Euglenophyta. Currently, over 1000 species of Euglena have been described. Marin et al. (2003) revised the genus so and including several species without chloroplasts, formerly classified as Astasia and Khawkinea. Euglena sometimes can be considered to have both plant and animal features.

References

• Marin B, Palm A, Klingberg M, Melkonian M (2003). "Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure." Protist 154(1):99–145. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=12812373
• Miller K, Levine J, (2002). "Biology." Euglenophytes page 506

External links

• Euglena
• Protist Images: Euglena
• Euglena at Droplet - Microscopy of the Protozoa
• Images and taxonomy
• Pictures of Euglena gracilis
• Effect of Light Intensity on the Lipid Composition of Euglena gracilis
• Mitochondrial trans-2-Enoyl-CoA Reductase of Wax Ester Fermentation from Euglena gracilis Defines a New Family of Enzymes Involved in Lipid Synthesis
• Aliphatic Chains of Esterified Lipids in Isolated eyesptos of Euglena gracilis var. bacillaris1 (pdf)
• Nature, intracellular distribution and formation of terpenoid quinones in Euglena gracilis. (pdf)
• Tryptophan Synthetase in Euglena gracilis Strain G (pdf)
• Lipid Metabolism of Manganese-deficient Algae: I. Effect of Manganese Deficiency on the Greening and the Lipid Composition of Euglena Gracilis Z. (pdf)
• A hydroxy fatty acid dehydrogenase in Euglena gracilis (pdf)
• Comparative studies of biosynthesis of galactolipids in Euglena gracilis strain Z (pdf)
• The Euglena Project