Free-living pathogenic and nonpathogenic amoebae in Maryland soils.
Tests for potentially pathogenic amoebae were carried out on soil samples from the following sites: (i) farmlands fertilized with municipal sewage wastes, (ii) a stream receiving sewage effluent from a sludge lagoon, (iii) a ravine receiving storm runoff from a cattle farm, (iv) farmlands not fertilized with sewage wastes, and (v) a vegetated shoreline of a waterfront estate not used for farming or livestock production. Study sites were located on the eastern shore of Maryland, bordered to the north by Delaware and to the south by Virginia. Twenty-four species of soil amoebae, including five potentially pathogenic Acanthamoeba species (members of the family Acanthamoebidae), were identified. All of the sites yielded two or more of the potential pathogens.
RESCON Associates, Inc., Royal Oak, Maryland 21662.
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D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000209:etiology*; D000656:Amoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D005618:Fresh Water; D006801:Humans; D008396:Maryland; D009253:Naegleria / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012722:Sewage; D012987:Soil; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water
D012722:Sewage; D012987:Soil; D014867:Water