Prototheca

• Published in: Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens pp. 892 - 897
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2011; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: FAMILY, HOME AND PRACTICAL INTERESTS; Food & beverage technology; Molecular biology; Mastitis Pathogen; Mother Cell; TOF Instrument; Fungi Culture Media; Sabouraud Glucose Agar; 18S rDNA; Bbl; Genus Chlorella; RFLP Analysis; Sample Preparation; RFLP; Restitutio Ad Integrum; 18S rDNA Sequences; Waste Water; DNA Extraction Kit; Systemic Glucocorticoid Treatment; Lactophenol Cotton Blue; Tributary Lymphnodes; Serological Diagnostics; GY; PIM; Tendon Sheaths; MALDI TOF MS; Tendon; DNeasy Plant Mini

Members of the algae genus Prototheca are the only currently known plants that may cause clinical infections both in humans and animals. The disease patterns caused by protothecae are generally referred to as protothecoses. In 1952, the heterotrophic colorless algae Prototheca (P.) zop¡i was identi–...