Desmodesmus

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;

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]

References

^ See the NCBI webpage on Desmodesmus. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
^ 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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[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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