Species
Species of Acanthamoeba are distinguished mainly on the form of cysts, and include the following; those marked with an asterisk are known to cause infections.
- A. astronyxis*
- A. castellanii*
- A. comandoni
- A. culbertsoni*
- A. divionensis
- A. griffini
- A. hatchetti*
- A. healyi
- A. jacobsi
- A. keratitis*
- A. lenticulata
- A. lugdunensis*
- A. mauritaniensis
- A. palestinensis*
- A. pearcei
- A. polyphaga*
- A. pustulosa
- A. quina*
- A. rhysodes*
- A. royreba
- A. terricola (renamed A. castellanii Poussard)
- A. triangularis
- A. tubiashi
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