Acanthamoeba castellanii: growth, encystment, excystment and biocide susceptibility.

Khunkitti, W, Lloyd, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5656-0571, Furr, J R and Russell, A D 1998. Acanthamoeba castellanii: growth, encystment, excystment and biocide susceptibility. Journal of Infection 36 (1) , 43--48. 10.1016/s0163-4453(98)93054-7

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Abstract

Stages in the encystment and excystment processes of Acanthamoeba castellanii have been studied. The kinetics of encystment involved measurements of the three phases (pre-encystment, cyst initiation and cyst wall synthesis). Excystment, starting from a mature cyst, involved pre-emergence, penetration outwards of the cyst wall and free trophozoite. The sensitivity to biocides of trophozoites in the exponential growth phase, pre-encystment trophozoites, mature cysts and pre-excystment cysts has been investigated. Some differences in relative sensitivity to a bisbiguanide (chlorhexidine) and a polymeric biguanide (polyhexamethylene biguanide) were observed, but mature cysts were always the most resistant cellular form.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Biosciences
Publisher:	WB Saunders
ISSN:	0163-4453
Date of Acceptance:	24 January 1997
Last Modified:	26 Oct 2022 08:36
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/127897

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