The cultivation of Acanthamoeba using with different axenic and monoxenic media

Yıl 2015, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 3, 13 - 17, 30.12.2015

Fadime Eroğlu Gülşah Evyapan İsmail Soner Koltaş

https://doi.org/10.19127/mbsjohs.71412

Cited By: 6

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Objective: Acanthamoeba species are the ubiquities free-living amoebae and can infect humans, causing diseases such as keratitis and encephalitis. Acanthamoeba species are often grown on non-nutrient agar spread with Escherichia coli or peptone-yeast extract-glucose. We investigated the amount of growth of Acanthamoeba in different axenic and monoxenic media.

Methods: The non-nutrient agar with Pseudomonas aeuroginosa, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococcus aeurous, Escherichia coli, and Klebsiella pneumoniae were used as monoxenic media. The encystation, mycological peptone-maltose, peptone yeast extract glucose, roswell park memorial institute 1640 and trypticase beef hemoglobine media were used as axenic media.

Results: We compared the growth of Acanthamoeba species in different axenic and monoxenic media in this study. In relation to the growth rate, the non-nutrient agar with Pseudomonas aeuroginosa had the highest values achieved among monoxenic media and roswell park memorial institute 1640 media was the highest value among axenic media.

Conclusion: In view of the results, we can affirm that these monoxenic media are adequate to grow of Acanthamoeba species. In addition, a classic and basic medium that supports the growth of Acanthamoeba species consists of peptone yeast extract glucose. However, the roswell park memorial institute 1640 media was an excellent commercially available media for the growth of Acanthamoeba and it was able to keep Acanthamoeba by long periods of time.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Acanthamoeba, Axenic, Monoxenic, Media

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