Phase contrast micrograph of an Acanthamoeba polyphaga cyst.
Scientific 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]
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Acanthamoeba genome. These genes included Spo11, Mre11, Rad50, Rad51, Rad52, Mnd1, Dmc1, Msh and Mlh. This finding suggests that the ‘'Acanthamoeba'’...
infections by various microorganisms including bacteria, fungi, and Acanthamoeba (Acanthamoeba keratitis). Many complications arise when contact lenses are worn...
natural hosts. This genus contains a single identified species named Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (APMV). It also refers to a group of phylogenetically...
co-cultivation with a variety of Acanthamoeba laboratory strains (Acanthamoeba polyphaga, Acanthamoeba castellanii, Acanthamoeba griffini)[citation needed]...
caused by Acanthamoeba. On May 25, 2007, the U.S. Center for Disease Control issued a health advisory due to increased risk of Acanthamoeba keratitis...
Cafeteria roenbergensis virus (CroV) in 2010. Subsequently, the Giant Virus Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus was characterized (which had been mistaken as a bacterium...
disinfection. PHMB eye drops have been used as a treatment for eyes affected by Acanthamoeba keratitis. It is sold as a swimming pool and spa disinfectant in place...
strain of Acanthamoeba species. This sample was transferred to a non-nutrient agar plate and the parasitized trophozoite of the Acanthamoeba species multiplied...
"Candidatus Procabacter", was identified as an obligate endosymbiont of Acanthamoeba. Horn, M; Fritsche, TR; Linner, T; Gautom, RK; Harzenetter, MD; Wagner...
was originally isolated from Acanthamoeba polyphaga, but subsequent work has involved Acanthamoeba castellanii (Acanthamoeba castellanii mamavirus, ACMV)...
parasitic protozoa of the genus Leishmania, Trichomonas vaginalis, and acanthamoeba. Protists generally reproduce asexually under favorable environmental...
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for help. Propamidine isethionate has been used in the treatment of Acanthamoeba infection. The Nicobarese people have attested to the medicinal properties...
immunofluorescence staining) and PCR. It may appear similar to herpes simplex type I, Acanthamoeba, and fungal infection. Adequate infection control measures should be...
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homolog of animal CHRM1 has been shown to be present in Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. The disease presents diagnostic challenges to medical professionals...
control of Acanthamoeba infections, and in the treatment of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, caused by pathogenic free-living amoebae Acanthamoeba spp....
are particularly used for the topical treatment of acanthamoebiasis (Acanthamoeba keratitis). "Final Report on the Safety Assessment of Hexamidine and...
back to early origins of unicellular eukaryotes. The protist pathogen Acanthamoeba spp. have shown evidence of the presence of ACh, which provides growth...
genus of bacteriae belonging to the Chlamydiota. Species include P. acanthamoeba. List of bacterial orders List of bacteria genera G. Greub (5 January...
genus Arcella. Entamoeba histolytica Acanthamoeba Balamuthia mandrillaris Endolimax The recently available Acanthamoeba genome sequence revealed several orthologs...
water supply General symptoms Acanthamoeba keratitis (cleaning of contact lenses with contaminated water) Acanthamoeba spp. (A. castellanii and A. polyphaga)...
may be a "replenishable source of pathogenic microbes." In the study Acanthamoeba, bacterial, and fungal contamination of contact lens storage cases, “101...
contaminated water. It has orphan drug status in the United States for acanthamoeba keratitis and primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Miltefosine is...