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Isolation And Characterization Of Acanthamoeba Spp. From Air-Conditioners In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Init Ithoi
Isolation And Characterization Of Acanthamoeba Spp. From Air-Conditioners In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Init Ithoi
Init Ithoi
During a study on the quality of the indoor environment, Acanthamoeba spp. were detected in 20 out of 87 dust samples collected from air-conditioners installed in a four-story campus building located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Twenty-one cloned Acanthamoeba isolates designated as IMU1 to IMU21 were established from the positive primary cultures. Five species were identified from the 16 isolates according to the morphological criteria of Pussard and Pons; i.e. A. castellanii, A. culbertsoni, A. griffini, A. hatchetti and A. polyphaga. Species identities for the remaining five isolates (IMU4, IMU5, IMU15, IMU20 and IMU21), however, could not be determined morphologically. At …