Korean Journal of Microbiology (미생물학회지)

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Surveillance of Acanthamoeba spp. and Naegleria fowleri in environmental water by using the duplex real-time PCR

Duplex real-time PCR을 이용한 수계 중 가시아메바와 파울러자유아메바 조사

  • 김민정 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 이규철 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 김건우 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 이현지 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 김민영 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 서대근 (한국수자원공사 수돗물품질부) ;
  • 이정엽 (한국수자원공사 수질연구센터) ;
  • 조영철 (충북대학교 환경공학과)
  • Received : 2018.03.23
  • Accepted : 2018.04.04
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amoebas that are widely distributed in natural environments. Although uncommon, infection with these protozoans can cause fatal disease in humans and animals. In this study, in order to select the appropriate method to survey Naegleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba spp. in water samples, four molecular biology techniques and one commercially available kit for real-time PCR were compared. The results indicated that the duplex real-time PCR was the most sensitive, and could be used to simultaneously detect two different free-living amoebas. Using the duplex real-time PCR approach, the two free-living amoebas were surveyed in three local streams in Daejeon, Republic of Korea. The concentrated free-living amoebas were inoculated onto non-nutrient agar plates which had been spread with heat-inactivated Escherichia coli and incubated for 5~7 days. After incubation, gDNA was extracted and used as the template for amplification by duplex real-time PCR. Acanthamoeba spp. and N. fowleri was detected from ten (83.3%) and two (16.6%) of the twelve samples, respectively. As these two free-living amoebas can be fatal, continuous surveillance is needed to track their distribution in the aquatic environment for the drinking water safety.

가시아메바(Acanthamoeba spp.)와 파울러자유아메바(Naegleria fowleri)는 자유생활아메바로 자연계에 널리 분포하며 사람과 동물에게 치명적인 질병을 일으킨다. 본 연구에서는 가사아메바와 파울러자유아메바를 물 환경에서 조사하기 위해 기존에 보고된 네 종류의 분자생물학적 방법과 상용 real-time PCR 키트의 분석 민감도를 비교하였다. 그 결과 duplex real-time PCR 방법이 민감도가 가장 좋았으며, 동시에 두 종류의 자유생활아메바를 검출할 수 있었다. 따라서 이 방법을 사용하여 한국의 대전시에 위치한 3개 하천, 6개 지점을 대상으로 그 분포를 2회 조사하였다. 가시아메바는 12개 시료 중 10개 시료에서 검출되었으며(83.3%), 파울러자유아메바는 2개 시료에서 검출되었다(16.6%). 향후 이러한 유해 아메바로부터 먹는 물의 안전성을 확보하기 위해 지속적인 분포조사가 필요할 것이다.

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