Protacanthamoeba

Protacanthamoeba
P. bohemica trophozoites and cysts
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Order:	Centramoebida
Family:	Acanthamoebidae
Genus:	Protacanthamoeba Page 1981
Type species
Protacanthamoeba caledonica Page 1972
Species
P. bohemica P. caledonica P. invadens

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

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

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.