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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...
- Prototheca wickerhamii and Prototheca zopfii. Both are known to cause disease in dogs, while most human cases are caused by P. wickerhami. Prototheca...
- Prototheca wickerhamii is a ubiquitous green alga that does not have chlorophyll. It is widely present in the environment but is a rare cause of opportunistic...
- eukaryotes that are generally non-pathogenic. Green algae from the genus Prototheca lack chlorophyll and are known to cause the disease protothecosis in humans...
- photosynthesize, and have evolved to become parasitic; examples include Prototheca and Helicosporidium. Trebouxiophyceae was originally defined by ultrastructural...
- Such organisms range from unicellular microalgae such as Chlorella, Prototheca and the diatoms, to multicellular macroalgae such as the giant kelp, a...
- bioremediation. An exception to the microalgae family is the colorless Prototheca which are devoid of any chlorophyll. These achlorophic algae switch to...
- It is a parasite found in the gut of insects, and a close relative of Prototheca. The genus Helicosporidium was first described in England by David Keilin...
- the bloodstream. Members of the genus Prototheca are the most common algae that leads to algaemia. Prototheca and Chlorella, which is extremely rare...
- (previously Arcanobacterium pyogenes) Proteus spp. Prototheca zopfii (achlorophyllic algae) Prototheca wickerhamii (achlorophyllic algae) These microbes...