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Acanthamoeba
Phase contrast micrograph of an Acanthamoeba polyphaga cyst.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Class: Discosea
Order: Centramoebida
Family: Acanthamoebidae
Genus: Acanthamoeba
Volkonsky 1931
Type species
Acanthamoeba castellanii
Volkonsky 1931

Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae that are commonly recovered from soil, fresh water, and other habitats. The genus Acanthamoeba has two stages in its life cycle, the metabolically active trophozoite stage and a dormant, stress-resistant cyst stage. In nature, Acanthamoeba species are generally free-living bacterivores. However, they are also opportunistic pathogens able to cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in humans and other animals.[1]

  1. ^ Marciano-Cabral F, Cabral G (April 2003). "Acanthamoeba spp. as agents of disease in humans". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 16 (2): 273–307. doi:10.1128/CMR.16.2.273-307.2003. PMC 153146. PMID 12692099.

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