Are Thermotolerant and Osmotolerant Characteristics of Acanthamoeba Species an Indicator of Pathogenicity?

Abstract excerpt

Acanthamoeba species are amoebae commonly found in nature. Acanthamoeba species were classified using the 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequence and have been divided into 23 genotypes called T1-T23 to date. The aim of this study is to compare the osmotolerance and thermotolerance characteristics of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from environmental and keratitis cases among genotype groups, within species with the same ge...

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• Acanthamoeba
• Acanthamoeba Keratitis
• Genotype
• Mannitol
• Osmolar Concentration
• RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
• Thermotolerance
• Virulence

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d82d893f-d819-540e-9c48-84736d0fe53e

DOI

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1724089/v1