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An ultrastructural survey of the genus Prototheca with special reference to plastids

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An ultrastructural investigation of six different species of Prototheca showed that all of them contained starch grains enclosed in double-membrane-bounded structures recognized as plastids. It is concluded that these unicellular species of Prototheca must be considered as non-photosynthetic algae.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, 61761, Normal, Illinois, USA

    Mathew J. Nadakavukaren & Derek A. McCracken

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Nadakavukaren, M.J., McCracken, D.A. An ultrastructural survey of the genus Prototheca with special reference to plastids. Mycopathologia 61, 117–119 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00443840

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