Name - Balamuthia

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1001353 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Balamuthia Visvesvara, Schuster & Martinez 1993

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Recent Publications

• Presence of potentially pathogenic free-living amoebae strains from well water samples in Guinea-Bissau.
• Isolation and molecular characterization of Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia mandrillaris from combination shower units in Costa Rica.
• A history of over 40 years of potentially pathogenic free-living amoeba studies in Brazil - a systematic review.
• Isolation and identification of free-living amoeba from the hot springs and beaches of the Caspian Sea.
• Systemic Acanthamoeba T17 infection in a free-ranging two-toed sloth: case report and literature review of infections by free-living amebas in mammals.

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