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Protothecosis in Dogs: A Narrative Review [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Protothecosis is a rare and unusual disease that affects both humans and animals, including dogs. The causative agents are unicellular, achlorophyllous, “yeast‐like” microalgae of the genus Prototheca (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta).
Tomasz Jagielski, Angelika Proskurnicka, Mateusz Iskra, Sylwia Wronka, Zofia Bakuła, Patrizia Danesi, Marconi Rodrigues deFarias, Fábio Vinícius Ramos Portilho, Márcio Garcia Ribeiro, Uwe Rösler, Rui Kano, Richard Malik   +11 more
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Two high-quality genomes of Prototheca bovis strain SH08 and Prototheca ciferrii strain SH13 [PDF]

Scientific Data
Prototheca, one of the foremost causative agents responsible for opportunistic infections in both humans and animals. Despite the availability of several Prototheca genomes, the genomes of Prototheca bovis and Prototheca ciferrii have remained ...
Jian Guo, Yao Ming, Juan Chen, Yuyuan Xue, Yajuan Peng, Hui Zhu, Cizhong Jiang, Wenjuan Wu   +7 more
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Herd characteristics and cow-level factors associated with Prototheca mastitis on dairy farms in Ontario, Canada [PDF]

Journal of Dairy Science, 2012
Prototheca spp. are algae that cause incurable acute or chronic mastitis in dairy cows. The aim of this case-control study was the identification of cow- and herd-level risk factors for this unusual mastitis pathogen. Aseptically collected composite milk
Godkin, A., Kelton, D. F., Leslie, K. E., Pieper, L., Polleichtner, Angela, Rösler, Uwe, Slavic, D.   +6 more
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Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analysis of Prototheca stagnorum (chlorellales: Chlorellaceae) [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
Prototheca stagnorum belongs to the genus Prototheca that are achloroplyllous algae with phylogenetic affinities to Chlorella sp. Microalgae of the genus Prototheca spp are associated with rare algal infections of invertebrates termed protothecosis.
Qian Wu, Yanhong Lan, Hui Xu, Yi Cao
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Mass spectrometry data from label-free quantitative proteomic analysis of harmless and pathogenic strains of infectious microalgae, Prototheca spp [PDF]

Data in Brief, 2017
Here, we provide the dataset associated with our research article ‘label-free quantitative proteomic analysis of harmless and pathogenic strains of infectious microalgae, Prototheca spp.’ (Murugaiyan et al., 2017) [1].
Jayaseelan Murugaiyan, Murat Eravci, Christoph Weise, Uwe Roesler   +3 more
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The Development of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Fast and Cost-Effective Identification of the Five Most Significant Pathogenic Prototheca Species [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
A multiplex PCR system (m-PCR) has been developed to accurately differentiate the five most important pathogenic Prototheca species, including the three species associated with infection in dairy cattle (P. ciferrii, P. blaschkeae, and P.
David Vasco-Julio, María Huilca-Ibarra, Yanua Ledesma, Gustavo Echeverria, Salome Guerrero-Freire, Tomasz Jagielski, Carlos Bastidas-Caldes, Jacobus H. de Waard   +7 more
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Unmasking Prototheca wickerhamii: A rare case of cutaneous infection and its implications for clinical practice [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Prototheca, an opportunistic pathogenic algae widely found in nature, has emerged as a potential public health concern. Most cases occur in immunocompromised individuals, with infections in immunocompetent patients being relatively rare. Due to their non-
Jing Li, Zeyu Huang, Ruzhi Zhang
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Molecular and Phenotypic Characterization of Prototheca Species Isolates Associated with Bovine Mastitis Cases in Chile [PDF]

Animals
Background: Bovine mastitis caused by Prototheca spp. is the most significant animal disease of algal origin, with an increasing number of cases reported worldwide.
Jaime Rodriguez, Paulina Sepúlveda-García, Nivia Canales, Matías Goddard, Carlo Cornuy, Álvaro G. Morales, Luis Collado, Armin Mella   +7 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of the Prototheca genus: comparative genomics and evolutionary insights [PDF]

BMC Genomics
Background Prototheca (Chlorophyta: Trebouxiophyceae) is a genus of non-photosynthetic microalgae that causes increasingly frequent infections in both humans and animals, collectively referred to as protothecosis The genetic landscape of the Prototheca ...
Daniel Wibberg, Zofia Bakuła, Iván García-Cunchillos, Jan Gawor, Robert Gromadka, Anna Karnkowska, Jacek Bielecki, Tomasz Jagielski   +7 more
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First isolation of Prototheca bovis from a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) [PDF]

Medical Mycology Case Reports
To our knowledge, this is the first report of Prototheca sp. isolated from the digestive tract of a dolphin. A captive-born female bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) weighing 165 kg that was housed at Enoshima Aquarium presented with a slightly ...
Chika Shirakata, Kanon Tsurumi, Koichi Makimura, Rui Kano   +3 more
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