title: Marine amoebae from waters of northwest Spain, with comments on a potentially pathogenic euryhaline species.
abstract: Of 17 species of free-living amoebae identified in various samples of salt water, only 1, Acanthamoeba polyphaga, is known to be a potential pathogen. While no deaths occurred when laboratory animals were inoculated with A. polyphaga to test for pathogenicity, the protozoa were present in the brain, liver and lungs of some but not all of the animals.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Arias Fernandez
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Paniagua Crespo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marti Mallen
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Penas Ares
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Casro Casas
mesh_terms: D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology; D008168:Lung / Q000382:microbiology; D051379:Mice; D009792:Oceans and Seas; D012621:Seasons; D013030:Spain; D014871:Water Microbiology