Genus Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, 1931

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• Acanthamoeba Volkonsky, M. 1931. Hartmannella castellanii Douglas et classification des Hartmannelles. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 72: 317-339.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat (syn. Rattus decumanus Pallus, 1778, Mus decumanus; from cornea); Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 [MACROPODIDAE] Eastern Grey Kangaroo (syn. M. Canguru; brain); Mus musculus Linnaeus, 1758 [MURIDAE] House Mouse (syn. M. domesticus); Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human (eye & brain)).

Extra Ecological Information

Unidentified species of Ameoba have been found in the listed parasite hosts.

General References

Badenoch P.R., Johnson A.M., Christy P.E. & Coster D.J. 1991. A model of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the rat. Reviews of Infectious Diseases 13: S445

Carter, R.F., Cullity, G.J., Ojeda, V.J., Silberstain, P. & Willaert, E. 1981. A fatal case of meningoencephalitis die to a free-living amoeba of uncertain identity - probably Acanthamoeba sp. Pathology 13: 51-68

Flint, J.A., Dobson, P.J. & Robinson, B.S. 2003. Genetic analysis of forty isolates of Acanthamoeba group III by multilocus isoenzyme electrophoresis. Acta Protozoologica 42: 317-324

Gebauer, A., McGhee, C.N.J. & Crawford, G.J. 1996. Severe microbial keratitis in temperate and tropical Western Australia. Eye 10: 575-580

John, D.T. 1993. Opportunistically pathogenic free-living amoebae. pp. 143-246 in Kreier, J.P. & Baker, J.R. (eds). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 3 2.

Johnson, A.M., Fielke, R., Christy, P.E., Robinson, B. & Baverstock, P.R. 1990. Small subunit ribosomal RNA evolution in the genus Acanthamoeba. Journal of General Microbiology 136: 1689-1698

Norton, J.H. & Hartley, W.J. 1993. Amoebic meningoencephalitis in a young grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus). Australian Veterinary Journal 70: 421

Rousell, T.J., Badenoch, P.R., Chandraratnam, E. & Coster, D.J. 1985. Acanthamoebic keratitis in a healthy Australian man. Medical Journal of Australia 143: 615-617

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