Occurrence of Naegleria and Acanthamoeba in aquaria
- 1 October 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 38 (4) , 590-593
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.38.4.590-593.1979
Abstract
Samples from 24 aquaria were incubated at 28, 37, and 45 degrees C for the isolation of Naegleria and Acanthamoeba. Naegleria was the predominant genus (60.9%), whereas Acanthamoeba represented 15.5% of the isolates. No pathogenic N. fowleri was identified, although a high number of strains were closely related to this species. One isolate (Aq/9/1/45D) was compared with an aquarium isolate (PPMFB-6) from Australia. The Belgian isolate was found to be more related to N. fowleri, whereas the Australian isolate was closer to N. gruberi.Keywords
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