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ArticleCurrent microbiology2017

Interaction Between Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Acanthamoeba polyphaga.

Thamires Klein de Souza, Scheila Silva Soares, Lisianne Brittes Benitez, Marilise Brittes Rott

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Article in Current microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thamires Klein de SouzaDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, N° 500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Scheila Silva SoaresDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, N° 500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Lisianne Brittes BenitezDepartamento de Biologia e Farmácia, Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Avenida Independência, N° 2293, Santa Cruz do Sul, RS, Brazil.
Marilise Brittes RottDepartamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Instituto de Ciências Básicas da Saúde, Setor de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Rua Sarmento Leite, N° 500, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. marilise.rott@ufrgs.br.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversidade de Santa Cruz do Sul · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interactions that occur between bacteria and amoebae can give through mutual relations, where both organisms benefit from the association or parasitic in which one organism benefits at the expense of the other. When these organisms share the same environment, it can result in some changes in the growth of organisms, in adaptation patterns, in morphology, development or even in their ability to synthesize proteins and other substances. In this study, the interaction between Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was evaluated using a co-culture model at different incubation times. The results showed that 89% of amoebic cells remained viable after contact with the bacteria. The bacterial isolate was visualized inside the amoeba through confocal microscopy and fluorescence for up to 216 h of co-cultivation. The lysate of amoebic culture increased the growth of S. aureus (MRSA), and the effect of supernatant of culture inhibited bacterial growth over the incubation times, suggesting that A. polyphaga produced some metabolite, that inhibited the growth of bacteria. Moreover, the encystment of the A. polyphaga was increased by the bacteria presence. The results show that A. polyphaga and S. aureus interaction may have an important influence on survival of both, and specially indicate a possible effect on the metabolics characteristics each other.

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SymbiosisAcanthamoebaCoculture TechniquesCulture Media, ConditionedMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial ViabilityParasite EncystmentCulture Media, ConditionedAcanthamoeba polyphagaCo-cultureInteractionStaphylococcus aureus

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