Protacanthamoeba

Protacanthamoeba
	P. bohemica trophozoites and cysts
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Class:	Discosea
Order:	Centramoebida
Family:	Acanthamoebidae
Genus:	; 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]

^ 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.

[Tice2016-1] 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.

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