Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: Efficacy of physical and chemical disinfection against clinically relevant free-living amoebae isolated from drinking water and plumbing biofilms
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1654984
Figure Lengend Snippet: Survival of Acanthamoeba polyphaga ATCC ® 30461™ (gray), Acanthamoeba DB1 (red), Allovahlkampfia DS1 (green), Stenamoeba DS1 (blue), and Vermamoeba vermiformis HB7 (yellow) trophozoites when exposed to increasing concentrations/time for each disinfectant. (A) Thermal disinfection (70 °C) at 0, 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 30, 45, and 60 min; (B) 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5% hydrogen peroxide for 60 min; (C) 0 mg/L, 25 mg/L, 50 mg/L, 100 mg/L, 150 mg/L, and 200 mg/L 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one for 60 min; (D) 0 mg/L, 10 mg/L, 20 mg/L, 30 mg/L, 40 mg/L, and 50 mg/L of benzalkonium chloride for 60 min; (E) sodium hypochlorite at 0 mg/L, 3 mg/L, 5 mg/L, 7 mg/L, and 10 mg/L free chlorine for 60 min; and (F) chlorine dioxide at 0 mg/L, 3 mg/L, 5 mg/L, 7 mg/L, and 10 mg/L for 60 min. Data are presented as mean log 10 viable cells/mL ± SD.
Article Snippet: This study evaluated the efficacy of multiple disinfectants—thermal disinfection (70 °C), hydrogen peroxide, 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, benzalkonium chloride (BAC), sodium hypochlorite, and chlorine dioxide—against planktonic trophozoites and cysts of five FLA strains: Acanthamoeba DB1, Allovahlkampfia DS1, Stenamoeba DS1, Vermamoeba vermiformis HB7, and Acanthamoeba polyphaga ATCC ® 30461 TM .
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