Prototheca

Prototheca
A genus of an achlorophyllous alga; two species, P. zopfii and P. wickerhamii, cause protothecosis.

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Pro·to·the·ca .prōt-ə-'thē-kə n a genus of unicellular algae that resemble algae of the genus Chlorella but lack chlorophyll and that include two (P. zopfii and P. wickerhamii) that cause mastitis in cows and sometimes localized infection (as of the skin) in humans

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Pro·to·the·ca (pro″to-theґkə) [proto- + Gr. thēkē sheath] a genus of ubiquitous yeastlike organisms thought to be achloric algae, occurring as a spherical, ovoid, or elliptical cells containing several thick-walled autospores. P. wickerhaґmii and P. zopґfii cause protothecosis.

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