Members of the genus Prototheca are nonphotosynthetic algae, closely related to the
wellknown green algal genus Chlorella. This “genus” encompasses the additional genera …

Prototheca microalgae were only recognized as pathogens of both humans and animals in
the 1960s; however, since then, these microbes have been drawing increasing interest in …

The genus Pseudopithomyces was introduced by Ariyawansa et al.(2015) to accommodate
several species which had previously been classified in the genus Pithomyces, notably …

Protists are major actors of soil communities and play key roles in shaping food webs,
community assembly, and ecosystem processes, yet their functional diversity is …

Protothecosis refers to disease of humans and animals caused by infection with fungus-like,
colourless microalgae of the genus Prototheca. Although protothecosis remains an …

Prototheca species are unicellular, nonphotosynthetic, saprophytic, and occasionally
pathogenic, microalgae, with an extensive environmental reservoir. This study explores, for …

The use of suitable DNA barcodes and the generation of databases with reference
sequences have been considered a promissory approach for the identification of …

Simple Summary Prototheca bovis is a non-photosynthetic alga ubiquitously distributed in
water, sewage and soil. The alga appears to be responsible for a significant proportion of …

Prototheca are unicellular, achlorophyllous, yeast-like microalgae that occur in a wide range
of natural habitats. At least five species have been implicated as the causative agents of …

Prototheca zopfii is an alga increasingly isolated from bovine mastitis. Of the two genotypes
of P. zopfii (genotype I and II (GT-I and-II)), P. zopfii GT-II is the genotype associated with …