Amoebae isolated from the atmosphere of mexico city and environs

A protozoological analysis was performed from June to August, 1982 to isolate small free-living amoebae from the atmosphere by using an air vacuum sampler and several filters. Monoxenic medium (nonnutritive agar plus Escherichia coli) and axenic medium ( De Jonckheere, 1977) were used to culture the...

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Published in:Environmental research 1987-02, Vol.42 (1), p.149-154
Main Authors: Rivera, Fermin, Roy-Ocotla, Guadalupe, Rosas, Irma, Ramirez, Elizabeth, Bonilla, Patricia, Lares, Fernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acanthamoeba polyphaga
Amoeba - isolation & purification
Applied sciences
Atmosphere
Atmospheric pollution
Dispersed sources and other
Exact sciences and technology
Mexico
Naegleria
Pollution
Pollution sources. Measurement results
Rain
Water Microbiology
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Summary:A protozoological analysis was performed from June to August, 1982 to isolate small free-living amoebae from the atmosphere by using an air vacuum sampler and several filters. Monoxenic medium (nonnutritive agar plus Escherichia coli) and axenic medium ( De Jonckheere, 1977) were used to culture the isolates. The species isolated included Naegleria sp. Alexeieff emend. Calkins, Acanthamoeba polyphaga Puschkarew, Vahlkampfia jugosa Page, Acanthamoeba astronyxis Ray and Hayes, Acanthamoeba castellanii Douglas, Acanthamoeba culbertsoni Singh y Das, Vahlkampfia ustiana Page, Saccamoeba stagnicola Page, Hyalodiscus sp. Hertwig and Lesser, Platyamoeba placida Page, Rugipes sp. Schaeffer, Vannella platypodia Gläser, Vahlkampfia russelli Singh, Vahlkampfia ovis Schmidt, and Leptomyxa flabellata Goodey. Among the species isolated Naegleria sp., A. polyphaga, A. culbertsoni, and A. castellanii include strains, known to be pathogenic in humans.
ISSN:0013-9351
1096-0953
DOI:10.1016/S0013-9351(87)80016-6