Table 1 Acanthamoeba species tested using the identification system, including reference strains and isolates from environmental and clinical samples.
From: Core gene-based molecular detection and identification of Acanthamoeba species
Species | Strain | ATCC no. or reference | Isolation source | WGS project accession number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Acanthamoeba castellanii | Neff | 30010 | Soil, Pacific Grove, CA, 1957 | AHJI01 |
Acanthamoeba polyphaga | CCAP 1501/3b | 30872 | Freshwater, Tuskegee, AL, 1965 | CDFK01 |
Linc-AP1 | — | TJ Rowbotham | LQHA01 | |
Acanthamoeba healyi | OC-3A | 30866 | St Martin’s River, MD, 1977 | CDFA01 |
Acanthamoeba mauritaniensis | clone 1652 | 50253 | Derived from the type strain, 1989 | CDFE01 (Strain ATCC 50253) |
Acanthamoeba quina | clone Vil3 | 50241 | Derived from the type strain, 1989 | CDFN01 |
Acanthamoeba lugdunensis | clone L3a | 50240 | Derived from an existing strain | CDFB01 |
Acanthamoeba divionensis | clone AA2 | 50238 | Derived from the type strain, 1989 | CDFI01 |
Acanthamoeba rhysodes | Haas | 50368 | Human eye infection, Houston, TX, 1985 | CDFC01 (Strain ATCC 30973) |
Acanthamoeba royreba | Oak Ridge | 30884 | BeWo human choriocarcinoma cells, Oak Ridge, TN, 1975 | CDEZ01 |
Acanthamoeba palestinensis | CCAP 1547/1 | 30870 | Soil, Israel, 1933 | CDFD01 |
Acanthamoeba astronyxis | Ray & Hayes | 30137 | Soil, California, 1944 | CDFH01 |
Acanthamoeba lenticulata | E18-2 | 50690 | Derived from strain CDC:V023 (eye of an adult human female with keratitis); sediment from 40 mile Philadelphia dump site, SE edge of sewage site | CDFG01 (Strain ATCC 30841) |
Acanthamoeba culbertsoni | Lilly A-1 | 30171 | Primary monkey kidney tissue culture, India, 1957 | CDFF01 |
Acanthamoeba griffini | TIO:H37 | 50702 | Human Acanthamoeba keratitis, Glasgow, UK | — |
Acanthamoeba hatchetti | 2HH | PRA-113 | Clinical specimen - human, Vienna Austria, 1996 | — |
Acanthamoeba terricola | — | 30134 | Arable soil, Seine-et-Oise, France, 1960 | — |
Acanthamoeba tubiashi | OC-15C | 30867 | St. Martin’s River, MD, 1978 | — |
Acanthamoeba triangularis | SH 621 | 50254 | Derived from the type strain, 1989 | — |
Acanthamoeba stevensoni | RB-F-1-AX | 50438 | — | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 1 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 2 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 3 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 4 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 5 | — | — | clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 6 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 7 | — | — | Clinical isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. clinical isolate 8 | — | — | Clinical isolate | |
Acanthamoeba sp. environmental isolate 1 | — | — | Environmental isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. environmental isolate 2 | — | — | Environmental isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. environmental isolate 3 | — | — | Environmental isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. environmental isolate 4 | — | — | Environmental isolate | — |
Acanthamoeba sp. environmental isolate 5 | — | — | Environmental isolate | — |
