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Acanthamoeba griffini , a New Species of Marine Amoeba
Author(s) -
SAWYER THOMAS K.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
the journal of protozoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 0022-3921
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1971.tb03391.x
Subject(s) - agar , distilled water , acanthamoeba , seawater , salinity , biology , agar plate , microbiology and biotechnology , phosphate buffered saline , botany , chemistry , chromatography , ecology , bacteria , paleontology
SYNOPSIS.Acanthamoeba griffini n. sp. was collected from Long Island Sound near New London, Conn. Experimental cultivation studies on agar media supplemented with Aerobacter aerogenes showed that A. griffini grew and encysted on seawater agar media ranging up to 35‰ salinity and on distilled water agar media. Cysts varied from stellate to spherical and smooth depending on the salinity of the liquid component of the medium.