TABLE 1.

The traditional classification of Acanthamoeba.

Classification	Species	Genotypes	ATCC #	References
Group I	A. astronyxis	T7	30137	Ray and Hayes, 1954
	A. tubiashi	T8	30867	Lewis and Sawyer, 1979
	A. comandoni	T9	30135	Pussard, 1964b
	A. byersii	T18	PRA-411	Qvarnstrom et al., 2013
	A. echinulate	T4	50239	Pussard and Pons, 1977
Group II	A. castellanii	T4	50374 = 30011	Douglas, 1930
	A. polyphaga	T4	30871	Page, 1967
	A. triangularis	T4	50254	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. rhysodes	T4	30973	Singh and Das, 1970
	A. lugdunensis	T4	50240	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. quina	T4	50241	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. mauritaniensis	T4	50253	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. diuionensis	T4	50238	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. paradiuionensis	T4	50251	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. griffinii	T3	30731	Sawyer, 1971
	A. pearcei	T3	50435	Nerad et al., 1995
	A. stevensoni	T11	50388	Sawyer et al., 1993
	A. hatchetti	T11	30730	Sawyer et al., 1977
	A. micheli	T9	–	Corsaro et al., 2015
	A. pyriformis	T21	–	Tice et al., 2016
	A. terricola	T4	30134	Pussard, 1964a
	A. gigantean	–	50670	Schmoller, 1964
Group III	A. healyi	T12	30866	Moura et al., 1992
	A. culbertsoni	T10	30171	Singh and Das, 1970
	A. lenticulata	T5	30841	Rivera et al., 1987
	A. pustulosa	T2	50252	Pussard and Pons, 1977
	A. palestinensis	T2	30870	Reich, 1935
	A. royreba	T4	30884	Willaert et al., 1978
	A. sohi	–	–	Im and Shin, 2003
	A. jacobsi	T15	30732	Sawyer and Nerad, 1992; Hewett et al., 2003