Protacanthamoeba
| Protacanthamoeba | |
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| P. bohemica trophic cells and cyst | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Discosea |
| Order: | Centramoebida |
| Family: | Acanthamoebidae |
| Genus: | Protacanthamoeba Page 1981 |
| Type species | |
| Protacanthamoeba caledonica Page 1972
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| Species | |
Protacanthamoeba is a genus of free-living naked amoebae of the family Acanthamoebidae described in 1981.[1] It has been found in associations with mycobacteria in drinking water networks, along with other Acanthamoebidae genera, likely allowing the replication of both environmental and pathogenic mycobacteria.[2]
Morphology[edit]
Members of Protacanthamoeba are characterized by having slender, flexible and sometimes furcate subpseudopodia originated from a broad, hyaline lobose pseudopodium, as well as having centrospheres in its interior, including a plaque-shaped centriole-like body. Their cysts lack preformed pores or opercula.[3]
Taxonomy[edit]
Protacanthamoeba contains 3 species:
- Protacanthamoeba bohemica Dyková et al. 2005[4]
- Protacanthamoeba caledonica Page 1981[3]
- Protacanthamoeba invadens (Singh & Hanumaiah 1979) Page 1981 (previously Acanthamoeba)[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Tice AK, Shadwick LL, Fiore-Donno AM, et al. (2016). "Expansion of the molecular and morphological diversity of Acanthamoebidae (Centramoebida, Amoebozoa) and identification of a novel life cycle type within the group". Biol Direct. 11 (1): 69. doi:10.1186/s13062-016-0171-0. PMC 5192571. PMID 28031045. S2CID 255980669.
- ^ Delafont, Vincent; Mougari, Faïza; Cambau, Emmanuelle; Joyeux, Michel; Bouchon, Didier; Héchard, Yann; Moulin, Laurent (2014). "First Evidence of Amoebae–Mycobacteria Association in Drinking Water Network". Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (20): 11872–11882. Bibcode:2014EnST...4811872D. doi:10.1021/es5036255. PMID 25247827.
- ^ a b c Page, Frederick C. (1981). "A Light- and Electron-Microscopical Study of Protacanthamoeba caledonica n. sp., Type-Species of Protacanthamoeba n. g. (Amoebida, Acanthamoebidae)". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 28 (1): 70–78. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1981.tb02807.x.
- ^ Dykova I, Veverkova-Fialova M, Fiala I, Dvorakova H (2005). "Protoacanthamoeba bohemica sp. n., isolated from the liver of tench Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)". Acta Protozool. 44: 369–376.