Medical term:
Prototheca
Prototheca
[pro″to-the´kah]a genus of ubiquitous yeastlike organisms generally considered as being achloric algae, occurring as spherical to elliptical cells containing thick-walled autospores. P. wickerha´mii and P. zop´fii are the species involved in human and animal infection. See also protothecosis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
Prototheca
(prō'tō-thē'kă),A genus of an achlorophyllous alga; two species, Prototheca zopfii and Prototheca wickerhamii, cause protothecosis.
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