Acanthamoeba
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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 | |
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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 |
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