Ronda M Devold wrote:
>> Weismm (weismm at aol.com) wrote:
> : I've got duplicate slides labelled as follows: Prototheca wickerhamii and
> : Probetheca wickerhomii. I've looked in numerous textbooks for a spelling
> : to no avail. Can anyone help?
Weismm,
It looks as if someone might have transcribed the name incorrectly.
the organism in question is Prototheca wickerhamii, it is a unicellular,
round , colourless "green" alga without flagella resembling yeast.
It lives in the soil, digesting organic matter. One Prototheca species
is a pathogen in humans and animals causing systemic or subcutaneous
infections called protothecosis.
Hope this helps
J. Wingert
Microbiology Department
Houston,Texas
>> It's Prototheca.
>> Ronda
> diagnostic microbiologist
