Prototheca blaschkeae U.Roesler, A.Möller, A.Hensel, D.Baumann & U.Truyen 2006
Publication Details
Prototheca blaschkeae U.Roesler, A.Möller, A.Hensel, D.Baumann & U.Truyen 2006: 1423, fig. 3 b, c
Published in: Roesler, U., Möller, A., Hensel, A., Baumann, D., Truyen, U. (2006). Diversity within the current algae species Prototheca zopfii: a proposal for two Prototheca genotypes and description of a novel species, Prototheca blaschkeae sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56(6): 1419-1425, 3 figures.
Request PDFPublication date: 1 June 2006
Type Species
The type species (lectotype) of the genus Prototheca is Prototheca zopfii W.Krüger.
Status of Name
The taxonomic or nomenclatural status (or both) of this entity is in some way unresolved and requires further investigation.
Description
After 4 days incubation on Sabouraud dextrose agar at
37°C, colonies are white to cream, smooth, convex and have
a mean diameter of 2 mm. Texture of colonies is soft and
viscous. Form small, ovoid to globose (5–7.5 µm) sporangiospores
in sporangias, with a mean diameter of 15 µm. Good growth occurs at 28 and 37°C. Glucose,
galactose and fructose are assimilated, but not glycerol,
sorbitol, arabinose, lactose, mannose, melobiose, rhamnose,
sucrose or trehalose. Phenylalanine and proline are
assimilated, but not lysine, valine or tetrazolium.
Created: 07 March 2009 by M.D. Guiry.
Last updated: 13 October 2020
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 13 October 2020. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
