Prototheca

Taxobox
color = lightgreen
name = "Prototheca"
domain = Eukaryota
regnum = Viridiplantae
phylum = Chlorophyta
classis = Trebouxiophyceae
ordo = Chlorellales
familia = Chlorellaceae
genus = "Prototheca"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "P. wickerhamii"

* "P. zopfii"

* "P. moriformis"

* "P. ulmea"

* "P. stagnora"

* "P. blaschkeae"

In taxonomy, "Prototheca" is a genus of algae, specifically of the Chlorellaceae. [See the NCBI [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=3110 webpage on Prototheca] . Data extracted from the cite web | url=ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/taxonomy/ | title=NCBI taxonomy resources | publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information | accessdate=2007-03-19] Some species can cause the disease protothecosis.

References

External links

cientific references

cientific databases

* [http://www.algaebase.org/search/genus/ AlgaeBase]

* [http://www.algaterra.org/ATDB/Names/NamesMain.cfm AlgaTerra database]

* [http://ravenel.si.edu/botany/ing/ingForm.cfm Index Nominum Genericorum]