ISHAM-WG Symposium: Introduction of Medical Phycology, Retrospective Overview, and Prospective Aspect

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  • Kano Rui
    Department of Pathobiology, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Matsumoto Tadahiko
    Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine

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  • 医藻類学の序説と展望
  • イ ソウルイガク ノ ジョセツ ト テンボウ
  • ISHAM‐WG symposium: introduction of medical phycology, retrospective overview, and prospective aspect

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Protothecosis is an emerging infectious zoonotic disease caused by species of the genus Prototheca (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta), which are classified as achlorophyllous algae closely related to the green algal genus Chlorella. Prototheca lost the ability to photosynthesize and are widely distributed throughout the natural world in sewage, soil, lakes, and marshes. It is therefore necessary to build an interdisciplinary network connecting human medicine, veterinary medicine, microbiological taxonomy, clinical microbiology, and environmental microbiology to increase knowledge in this area. We have established the working group “Medical Phycology : Protothecosis and Chlorellosis” (approved on May 4, 2014) under the umbrella of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology (ISHAM) to support all scientific aspects dealing with this topic. We report the current circumstances and future prospects of this working group for the group to become better known by scientists.

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