Elastase in the pathogenic free-living amoebae Naegleria and Acanthamoeba spp.

A. Ferrante; E. J. Bates

Elastase in the pathogenic free-living amoebae Naegleria and Acanthamoeba spp.

A. Ferrante
, E. J. Bates

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Abstract

The data showed that pathogenic free-living amoebae contain the proteolytic enzyme elastase. The levels of enzyme were similar in Naegleria fowleri, N. australianis italica, and Acanthamoeba culberstoni A-1. No difference was found between elastase levels in a highly pathogenic N. fowleri and those in the same organism which had lost pathogenicity as a result of long-term axenic maintenance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3320-3321
Number of pages	2
Journal	Infection and Immunity
Volume	56
Issue number	12
Publication status	Published or Issued - 1988
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Parasitology
Microbiology
Immunology
Infectious Diseases

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Elastase in the pathogenic free-living amoebae Naegleria and Acanthamoeba spp.

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