War of the microbial world: Acanthamoeba spp. interactions with microorganisms.
Journal
Folia microbiologica
ISSN: 1874-9356
Titre abrégé: Folia Microbiol (Praha)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376757
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
15
12
2020
accepted:
09
06
2021
pubmed:
20
6
2021
medline:
17
11
2021
entrez:
19
6
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Acanthamoeba is known to interact with a plethora of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. In these interactions, the amoebae can be predatory in nature, transmission vehicle or an incubator. Amoebae consume microorganisms, especially bacteria, as food source to fulfil their nutritional needs by taking up bacteria through phagocytosis and lysing them in phagolysosomes and hence play an eminent role in the regulation of bacterial density in the nature and accountable for eradication of around 60% of the bacterial population in the environment. Acanthamoeba can also act as a "Trojan horse" for microbial transmission in the environment. Additionally, Acanthamoeba may serve as an incubator-like reservoir for microorganisms, including those that are pathogenic to humans, where the microorganisms use amoebae's defences to resist harsh environment and evade host defences and drugs, whilst growing in numbers inside the amoebae. Furthermore, amoebae can also be used as a "genetic melting pot" where exchange of genes as well as adaptation of microorganisms, leading to higher pathogenicity, may arise. Here, we describe bacteria, fungi and viruses that are known to interact with Acanthamoeba spp.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34145552
doi: 10.1007/s12223-021-00889-7
pii: 10.1007/s12223-021-00889-7
pmc: PMC8212903
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Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
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© 2021. Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i.
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