Species of facultatively parasitic amoebae; Acanthamoebiasis; Opportunistic agents; GAE.
Infectious legionellae or other bacteria and viruses may be transported by such amoebae in biofilms. For life cycle see Amoebae.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2016). Acanthamoeba castellanii . In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_9
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