| Prototheca | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Clade: | Viridiplantae |
| Division: | Chlorophyta |
| Class: | Trebouxiophyceae |
| Order: | Chlorellales |
| Family: | Chlorellaceae |
| Genus: | Prototheca Krüger, 1894[1] |
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Prototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae.[3] While this genus is a member of the green algae, all Prototheca no longer have chloroplasts and therefore their photosynthetic ability. Some species can cause protothecosis in humans and various vertebrates.
- ^ Krüger, W. (1894). Kurze Charakteristik einiger niedrerer Organismen im Saftfluss der Laubbäume. Hedwigia 33: 241-266, [1].
- ^ Jagielskia T, Bakułaa Z, Gaworb J, Maciszewskic K, Kusberd W, Dyląge M, Nowakowskaf J, Gromadkab R, Karnkowskac A (2019). "The genus Prototheca (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) revisited: Implications from molecular taxonomic studies". Algal Research. 43. Bibcode:2019AlgRe..4301639J. doi:10.1016/j.algal.2019.101639.
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Prototheca. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.