caa a22 4500 465778100 CHVBK 20180323111948.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00927262 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00927262 External eye flora as a nutrient source for Acanthamoeba [Elektronische Daten] [D. Larkin, D. Easty] Certain bacteria cause excystment ofAcanthamoeba from cyst to trophozoite form and are then ingested by migrating trophozoites. We studied the response ofAcanthamoeba cysts to inoculation on agar seeded with three types of commensal eye bacteria andEscherichia coli. Amoebae excysted on all bacteria tested, and the migration rate ofAcanthamoeba trophozoites on each was compared.Acanthamoeba migrated with equal speed onE. coli andStaphylococcus epidermidis. Migration was observed, but was more slow onMicrococcus andCorynebacterium. Commensal bacteria on the eyelids, conjunctiva and tear film may have a role in pathogenesis ofAcanthamoeba keratitis. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Larkin D. University Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK aut Easty D. University Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK aut Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/5(1990-09-01), 458-460 0721-832X 228:5<458 1990 228 417 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927262 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927262 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Larkin D. University Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Easty D. University Department of Ophthalmology, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology Springer-Verlag 228/5(1990-09-01), 458-460 0721-832X 228:5<458 1990 228 417 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer