First report of free-living amoebae in sewage treatment plants in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

• Auteurs principaux: Thaisla Cristiane Borella da Silva (Auteur), Daniel Leal dos Santos (Auteur), Marilise Brittes Rott (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: IWA Publishing, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Free-living amoebae (FLA) are amphizoic protozoans with a cosmopolitan distribution. Some strains of species are associated with infections in humans. They feed on microorganisms by phagocytosis; however, some of these can become endocytobionts by resisting this process and taking shelter inside the...