#acanthamoeba — Public Fediverse posts
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Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn’t use tap water to clean your sinuses - Enlarge (credit: Getty | Thomas Trutschel)
Just because somet... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2010041 #opportunisticpathogens #acanthamoeba #nasalrinsing #irrigation #tapwater #science #netipot #health #amoeba #sinus #cdc
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In the Company of Bacteria: Amoebae https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2022/10/in-the-company-of-bacteria-amoebae.html #Biology #Microbiology #Microbes #SciComm
At least 35 bacterial species are known for non‑predatory interactions with #Acanthamoeba #protists. These #bacteria do not simply serve the #amoebae as food but have been found either as intracellular commensals, or as mutualists, or as #pathogens. Medical #microbiologists will spot some of the usual suspects in the list.