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Marine Amoebae from Waters of Northwest Spain, with Comments on a Potentially Pathogenic Euryhaline Species
Author(s) -
FERNANDEZ MCRISTINA ARIAS,
CRESPO ESPERANZA PANIAGUA,
MALLEN MARGARITA MARTI,
ARES M. P. MONICA PENAS,
CASAS M'LUISA CASTRO
Publication year - 1989
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.1550-7408.1989.tb05356.x
Subject(s) - euryhaline , acanthamoeba , protozoa , biology , pathogen , ecology , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , salinity
Of 17 species of free‐living amoebae identified in various samples of salt water, only 1. Acanthamoeba polyphaga , is known to be a potential pathogen. While no deaths occurred when laboratory animals were inoculated with A. polyphaga to test for pathogenicity, the protozoa were present in the brain, liver and lungs of some but not all of the animals.