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Euglena Highly magnified view of Euglena gracilis, showing numerous green, elongated, leaf-shaped single-celled organisms scattered across a pale background. Labeled diagram of a Euglena, a unicellular protist, showing internal structures such as the nucleus, nucleolus, mitochondrion, chloroplasts, stigma (eyespot), flagellum, contractile vacuole, photoreceptor, stored carbohydrate, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus. Green algae bloom covers the surface of a pond or lake, with trees and vegetation along the shore, indicating water pollution. Microscope view of numerous green, elongated Euglena gracilis cells clustered together, showing their oval and spindle shapes against a pale background.
Observe protozoan microorganisms from a drop of pond water under optical and electron microscopes

Euglena: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Euglena Central Metabolic Pathways and Their Subcellular Locations. Nov 21, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Euglena Central Metabolic Pathways and Their Subcellular Locations. Oct 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Milne Library - Inanimate Life - Euglena: a unicellular algae. Mar 15, 2024
Revised taxonomy and physical description. May 12, 2022
Media added. May 05, 2020
Corrected display issue. Dec 27, 2017
Media added. Jun 10, 2016
Article thoroughly revised. Jan 23, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Euglena. Nov 13, 2014
Added new Web site: Johnson County Community College - Euglena. Feb 13, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 02, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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