Desmodesmus

Desmodesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae.[1] It is the only chlorophyll-containing organism known to have caused human infections in immunocompetent individuals. All known cases involved open injuries occurring in fresh water.[2]

Desmodesmus
Desmodesmus armatus
Scientific classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Division: Chlorophyta
Class: Chlorophyceae
Order: Sphaeropleales
Family: Scenedesmaceae
Genus: Desmodesmus
(Chodat) S.S.An, T.Friedl & E.Hegewald
Species
  • D. communis
  • D. costato-granulatus
  • D. bicellularis
  • D. serratus
  • D. denticulatus
  • D. lefevrei
  • D. arthrodesmiformis
  • D. sp. Hegewald 1987-51
  • D. subspicatus
  • D. hystrix
  • D. opoliensis
  • D. pannonicus
  • D. perforatus
  • D. pirkollei
  • D. sp. CL1
  • D. maximus
  • D. tropicus
  • D. komarekii
  • D. multivariabilis
  • D. pleiomorphus
  • D. fennicus
  • D. armatus
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-4W
  • D. sp. WTwin8/18P-2d
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-14W
  • D. sp. NDem6/3P-3d
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-10W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18T-5W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18T-23W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-3W
  • D. sp. Itas6/3T-2d
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-16W
  • D. sp. NDem9/21T-10W
  • D. sp. Tow6/3T-11d
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-8W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-1d
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-13W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18P-25W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18T-25W
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-31W
  • D. asymmetricus
  • D. sp. Mary6/3T-2d
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-2W
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-17W
  • D. sp. Tow8/18T-10W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-12W
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-35W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-1W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-17W
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-9W
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-15W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-8W
  • D. cuneatus
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-26W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-3W
  • D. sp. Tow10/11T-6W
  • D. sp. Itas2/24S-1d
  • D. sp. Itas6/3T-2W
  • D. sp. Itas8/18S-6d
  • D. sp. Tow6/16T-32W

References
  1. See the NCBI webpage on Desmodesmus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. Westblade, Lars F.; Ranganath, Sangeetha; Dunne, William Michael; Burnham, Carey-Ann D.; Fader, Robert; Ford, Bradley A. (2015-03-05). "Infection with a Chlorophyllic Eukaryote after a Traumatic Freshwater Injury". New England Journal of Medicine. 372 (10): 982–984. doi:10.1056/NEJMc1401816. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 25738686.


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