Prototheca

Prototheca
Scientific classification
(unranked):	Viridiplantae
Division:	Chlorophyta
Class:	Trebouxiophyceae
Order:	Chlorellales
Family:	Chlorellaceae
Genus:	Prototheca; Krüger, 1894
Species
	Prototheca blaschkeae; Prototheca bovis; Prototheca cerasi; Prototheca ciferrii; Prototheca cookei; Prototheca cutis; Prototheca miyajii; Prototheca moriformis; Prototheca pringsheimii; Prototheca stagnora; Prototheca tumulicola; Prototheca wickerhamii; Prototheca xanthoriae; Prototheca zopfii;

Prototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae.^[3] While taxonomy classifies this genus as member of the green algae, all species in this genus have lost their chloroplasts and thus forfeited their photosynthetic ability. Some species can cause protothecosis in humans and various vertebratae.

^ 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. 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.