Division: Amoeboid Organisms
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Acanthamoeba castellanii (Douglas) Volkonsky (1931)
CCAP 1501/1A
Isolator: Neff (1957)
Origin:
Soil;
California, USA
Culture: Medium
NN; Monoxenic; sub; contains non-pathogenic E. coli as food source.
Other:
POSSIBLE PATHOGEN
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Kilvington S & Beeching J (1995) Identification and epidemiological typing of Naegleria fowleri with DNA probes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61(6): 2071-2078.
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Kilvington S & Beeching J (1995) Development of a PCR for identification of Naegleria fowleri from the environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61(10): 3764-3767.
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Kilvington S, Gray T, Dart J, Morlet N, Beeching JR, Frazer DG & Matheson M (2004) Acanthamoeba keratitis: The role of domestic tap water contamination in the United Kingdom. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 45: 165-169.
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0559
Pickup ZL, Pickup R & Parry JD (2007) Effects of bacterial prey species and their concentration on growth of the amoebae Acanthamoeba castellanii and Hartmannella vermiformis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73(8): 2631-2634.
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02061-06
Taylor SJ, Ahonen LJ, de Leij FAAM & Dale JW (2003) Infection of Acanthamoeba castellanii with Mycobacterium bovis and M. bovis BCG and survival of M. bovis within the amoebae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(7): 4316-4319.
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4316-4319.2003
Costas M & Griffiths AJ (1984) The esterases and acid-phosphatases of Acanthamoeba (Amoebida, Acanthamoebidae). Protistologica 20(1): 33-41.
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Costas M & Griffiths AJ (1984) Taxonomic significance of the fatty acid composition of Acanthamoeba (Amoebida, Acanthamoebidae). Protistologica 20(1): 27-31.
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Tsvetkova N, Schild M, Panaiotov S, Kurdova-Mintcheva R, Gottstein B, Walochnik J, Aspöck H, Lucas MS & Müller N (2004) The identification of free-living environmental isolates of amoebae from Bulgaria. Parasitology Research 92: 405-413.
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-1052-x
Beattie TK & Tomlinson A (2009) The effect of surface treatment of silicone hydrogel contact lenses on the attachment of Acanthamoeba castellanii trophozoites. Eye & Contact Lens: Science & Clinical Practice 35(6): 316-319.
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3181becce6
Wright SJL, Redhead K & Maudsley H (1981) Acanthamoeba castellanii, a predator of cyanobacteria. Journal of General Microbiology 125: 293-300.
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