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Evolutionary Dynamics of Giant Viruses and their Virophages [PDF]

, 2013
Giant viruses contain large genomes, encode many proteins atypical for viruses, replicate in large viral factories, and tend to infect protists. The giant virus replication factories can in turn be infected by so called virophages, which are smaller ...
Anderson, Beddington, Briggs, Claverie, Claverie, Claverie, Claverie, Colson, Culley, Desnues, Desnues, Desnues, Fischer, Fischer, Forterre, Gillespie, Herrero-Uribe, Hochberg, Holt, Iyer, Koonin, Krupovic, Lawrence, May, McCallum, Nowak, Pearson, Raoult, Raoult, Roy, Ruiz-Saenz, Scola, Scola, Scola, Sun, Suzan-Monti, Wodarz, Yamada, Yau, Zhang   +39 more
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A Systematic Review of Intracellular Microorganisms within Acanthamoeba to Understand Potential Impact for Infection

Pathogens, 2021
Acanthamoeba, an opportunistic pathogen is known to cause an infection of the cornea, central nervous system, and skin. Acanthamoeba feeds different microorganisms, including potentially pathogenic prokaryotes; some of microbes have developed ways of ...
Binod Rayamajhee, Dinesh Subedi, Hari Kumar Peguda, Mark Duncan Willcox, Fiona L. Henriquez, Nicole Carnt   +5 more
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Acanthamoeba protease activity promotes allergic airway inflammation via protease-activated receptor 2. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Acanthamoeba is a free-living amoeba commonly present in the environment and often found in human airway cavities. Acanthamoeba possesses strong proteases that can elicit allergic airway inflammation.
Mi Kyung Park, Min Kyoung Cho, Shin Ae Kang, Hye-Kyung Park, Dong-Hee Kim, Hak Sun Yu   +5 more
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Acanthamoeba induces cell-cycle arrest in host cells [PDF]

, 2004
Acanthamoeba can cause fatal granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) and eye keratitis. However, the pathogenesis and pathophysiology of these emerging diseases remain unclear.
Alizadeh, Alsam, Araki-Sasaki, Badenoch, Cao, Chynn, De Jonckheere, Di Gregorio, Dyson, Friedland, Gillett, Gonzalez, Gordon, Harbour, James Sissons, Jones, Khan, Khan, Khan, Khan, Khan, Kwang Sik Kim, Leher, Marciano-Cabral, Martinez, Mathers, Monique Stins, Moore, Morton, Naveed Ahmed Khan, Niederkorn, Pietenpol, Poggioli, Samantha Jayasekera, Selwa Alsam, Shin, Stevaux, van Klink, van Klink, Wright, Yang, Zhan   +41 more
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Comparative genomic analysis of Acanthamoeba from different sources and horizontal transfer events of antimicrobial resistance genes

mSphere
Acanthamoeba species are among the most common free-living amoeba and ubiquitous protozoa, mainly distributed in water and soil, and cause Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) and severe visual impairment in patients.
Xinyi Ling, Xiaobin Gu, Yue Shen, Chunyan Fu, Yumei Zhou, Yiling Yin, Yanqiu Gao, Yiwei Zhu, Yongliang Lou, Meiqin Zheng   +9 more
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Evaluating Alternate Methods of Determining the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Contact Lens Care Products against Acanthamoeba Trophozoites

Pathogens, 2021
Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a serious ocular infection caused by a ubiquitous free-living amoeba, Acanthamoeba. This infection often results in extensive corneal damage and blindness, and is notoriously difficult to cure.
Allison Campolo, Paul Shannon, Monica Crary   +2 more
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Design against nature [PDF]

, 2003
The process of disinfecting pits technology against nature. This issue is considered through examination of the design and development of a microwave disinfecting system for contact lenses.
Crabbe, A
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Identification and genotyping of Acanthamoeba spp. in the water resources of western Iran

Parasite Epidemiology and Control, 2023
Background: Acanthamoeba spp. is opportunistic amoeba that resides in water, soil, and air. Some pathogenic genotypes of the genus of Acanthamoeba can cause granulomatous amoebic encephalitis (GAE) in people with a defective immune system.
Azadeh Karimi, Farnaz Kheirandish, Amirreza Javadi Mamaghani, Niloofar Taghipour, Syedeh Fatemeh Mousavi, Ali Aghajani, Nozhat Zebardast, Majid Faraji, Shirzad Fallahi, Professor in Medical Parasitology   +8 more
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Draft Genome Sequences of Chlamydiales Bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. Strain AcF84, Endosymbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. [PDF]

, 2020
Chlamydiales bacterium STE3 and Neochlamydia sp. strain AcF84 are obligate intracellular symbionts of Acanthamoeba spp. isolated from the biofilm of a littoral cave wall and gills from striped tiger leaf fish, respectively.
Collingro, Astrid, Domman, Daryl, Horn, Matthias, Jongwutiwes, Somchai, Köstlbacher, Stephan, Michels, Stefanie, Putaporntip, Chaturong, Schulz, Frederik, Siegl, Alexander   +8 more
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Microorganisms and Common Ophthalmic Diseases [PDF]

, 2017
The human eye is in constant contact to environmental conditions that increase its likelihood in being exposed to a multitude of pathogens. Studies have revealed that the normal microbial flora found around the ocular area contribute to the well-being of
Su CW, Tighe S
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