Prototheca
Sign in to savePrototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae. While this genus is a member of the green algae, all Prototheca no longer have chloroplasts and therefore their photosynthetic ability. Some species can cause protothecosis in humans and various vertebrates.
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Genus
- PhylumChlorophyta
- ClassTrebouxiophyceae
- OrderChlorellales
- FamilyChlorellaceae
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Research
760 papers- Emergence of Fungal-Like Organisms: Prototheca.Mycopathologia · 2020
- Now for something completely different: Prototheca, pathogenic algae.PLoS pathogens · 2021
- Disseminated Protothecosis Due to Prototheca zopfii and Literature Review.The American Journal of dermatopathology · 2023
- Prototheca Infection: A Descriptive Study.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023
- Prototheca ecology.Mycopathologia · 1983
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Prototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae. While this genus is a member of the green algae, all Prototheca no longer have chloroplasts and therefore their photosynthetic ability. Some species can cause protothecosis in humans and various vertebrates.
==Etymology== From the Greek proto- (first) + thēkē (sheath), Prototheca is a genus of variably shaped spherical cells of achloric algae in the family Chlorellaceae. Wilhelm Krüger, a German expert in plant physiology and sugar production, reported Prototheca microorganisms in 1894, shortly after spending 7 years in Java studying sugarcane. He isolated Prototheca species from the sap of 3 tree species. Krüger named these organisms as P. moriformis and P. zopfii, the second name as a tribute to Friedrich Wilhelm Zopf, a renowned botanist, mycologist, and lichenologist.