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Descriptor English: Prototheca
Descriptor Spanish: Prototheca
Descriptor Prototheca
Scope note: Mutante aclorofílico del alga verde Chlorella. Se encuentra en la materia en descomposición, el agua, las aguas residuales y en el suelo, y produce infecciones cutáneas y diseminadas en diversos vertebrados, incluido el hombre. Infecta la piel, los ganglios linfáticos, los ojos, el miocardio, los riñones, los músculos y la glándula mamaria bovina.
Descriptor Portuguese: Prototheca
Descriptor French: Prototheca
Entry term(s): Protothecas
Tree number(s): B01.875.150.634
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011525
Scope note: A genus of achlorophyllic algae in the family Chlorellaceae, and closely related to CHLORELLA. It is found in decayed matter; WATER; SEWAGE; and SOIL; and produces cutaneous and disseminated infections in various VERTEBRATES including humans.
Annotation: infection: coordinate IM with INFECTION (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
PY pathogenicity
RE radiation effects
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Algae (1966-1979)
Algae, Green (1970-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
DeCS ID: 11963
Unique ID: D011525
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Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/12/21
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Prototheca - Preferred
Concept UI M0017917
Scope note A genus of achlorophyllic algae in the family Chlorellaceae, and closely related to CHLORELLA. It is found in decayed matter; WATER; SEWAGE; and SOIL; and produces cutaneous and disseminated infections in various VERTEBRATES including humans.
Preferred term Prototheca
Entry term(s) Protothecas



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