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Predator vs aliens: bacteria interactions with Acanthamoeba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2014

NAVEED AHMED KHAN  and
RUQAIYYAH SIDDIQUI
NAVEED AHMED KHAN*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
RUQAIYYAH SIDDIQUI
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
*
* Corresponding author: Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected]
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Summary

By interactions with other microbes, free-living amoebae play a significant role in microbiology, environmental biology, physiology, cellular interactions, ecology and evolution. Here, we discuss astonishing interactions of bacteria and amoebae, in the light of evolution and functional aspects impacting human health. In favourable environmental conditions, the interaction of Acanthamoeba with non-virulent bacteria results in lysis of the bacteria. However, the interaction with weak-virulent bacteria results in a symbiotic relationship or amoebal lysis may occur. The microbial survival of amoebae in harsh environments, ability to interact with bacteria, and their ability to aid transmission to susceptible hosts is of great concern to human, animal and ecosystem health.

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protistprokaryotesmicrobial interactions
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Parasitology , Volume 141 , Issue 7 , June 2014 , pp. 869 - 874
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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