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12910386

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Here we describe a new, extremely thermophilic amoeba growing between 33 degrees C and 57 degrees C ( Topt.=50 degrees C). Isolates had been obtained from hot springs at Agnano Terme (Italy), Yellowstone National Park (USA), Kamchatka (Russia), and the Arenal Volcano (Costa Rica). They could be cultured monoxenically on a thermophilic alpha-proteobacterium. The morphology of the amoeba was studied using a microscope situated under a heatable polyacrylate hood. At 50 degrees C, the cells appeared flat with an irregular triangular or elongate shape, sometimes exhibiting fine spine-like subpseudopodia. On average, they were 22 microm long and 11 microm wide and had one nucleus with a central nucleolus. Based on morphology and on SSU rRNA comparisons, the amoeba belonged to the genus Echinamoeba, where it represents a new species. Referring to its extremely thermophilic lifestyle and its hydrothermal habitat, we name it E. thermarum.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1431-0651
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
267-74
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Cultivation and properties of Echinamoeba thermarum n. sp., an extremely thermophilic amoeba thriving in hot springs.
pubmed:affiliation
Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't