Prototheca zopfii

Prototheca zopfii is aerobic, unicellular, yeast-like, achlorophyllic (without chlorophyll) microalga.[1]

Prototheca zopfii
Scientific classification
Phylum: Chlorophyta
Class: Trebouxiophyceae
Order: Chlorellales
Family: Chlorellaceae
Genus: Prototheca
Species:
P. zopfii
Binomial name
Prototheca zopfii
W.Krüger

Distribution

Prototheca zopfii[2] is opportunistic, environmental pathogen and ubiquitous in nature. This alga is mainly associated with wet areas and places with high organic contents. It can be found in tanks, well water, teat-dip containers, and milking machines.[3]

Genome

The genome of this organism's mitochondrion and plastid were first sequenced in 2018.[4]

Reproduction

Prototheca zopfii reproduce asexually by endosporulation.[5]

Culture media

Sabouraud agar is used as a cultural medium.[6]

Differential diagnosis

Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis are useful tool for rapid confirmative diagnosis.[7]

Pathogenicity

The species can infect man and animal, causing mastitis.[7] P. zopfii can cause bovine clinical mastitis in high milk-yielding cows.[8] Genotypes I and III, traditionally, are thought not to be involved in the pathogenicity of mastitis and to be pollutants of milk, whereas genotype II is believed the main cause of mastitis.[7] However, in 2017, three cases of human protothecosis due to P. zopfii genotype I have been reported in China.[9]

Outbreaks

Bovine mastitis outbreaks by P. zopfii is a global problem. It is reported from Europe,[10][11][12] Asia,[13] North America,[14][15] and South America.[16][17]

Antimicrobial therapy

Prototheca zopfii is less susceptible or completely resistant to clotrimazole, fluconazole, econazole, flucytosine, cefoperazone, cephalexin, enrofloxacin, lincomycin, oxytetracycline, miconazole, colistin, a combination of amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, enrofloxacin, amoxicillin, tetracycline, penicillin, lincomycin, and novobiocin, whereas drugs such as nystatin, ketoconazole, and amphotericin B are effective against algae isolated from milk of mastitis-affected cows.[6]

References
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  2. Roesler U, Moller A, Hensel A, et al. Diversity within the current algal species Prototheca zopfii: a proposal for two Prototheca zopfii genotypes and description of a novel species, Prototheca blaschkeae sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006;56:1419—25.
  3. Osumi, T., Kishimoto, Y., Kano, R., Maruyama, H., Onozaki, M., Makimura, K., Ito, T., Matsubara, K. and Hasegawa, A (2008). Vet. Microbiol., 131(3-4):419-423.
  4. Severgnini M, Lazzari B, Capra E, Chessa S, Luini M, Bordoni R, Castiglioni B, Ricchi M, Cremonesi P (2018) Genome sequencing of Prototheca zopfii genotypes 1 and 2 provides evidence of a severe reduction in organellar genomes. Sci Rep 8(1):14637. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-32992-0.
  5. Bovine Mastitis, Neelesh Sharma et. al.,2012 , Satish Serial Publishing House. ISBN 978-93-81226-03-2. pp. 175-177.
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