Abstract
Wantland's egg medium, modified Shaffer-Frye (MSF) medium and Tryptose-Trypticase-Yeast Extract-Serum-Blood (TTY-SB) medium were compared with variations of the latter two media for their ability to support xenic growth of Entamoeba gingivalis. Wantland's egg medium was unsuitable for growth of E. gingivalis. Accompanying bacteria became resistant to penicillin and streptomycin, overwhelming the amoeba culture. MSF medium was also unsuitable for the cultivation of E. gingivalis. Bacterial growth was heavy and protozoan growth sparse. MSF medium without mercaptosuccinic acid, but with rice starch, dextran or levan substituted for glucose and with Yersinia enterocolitica added, supported limited growth of the amoeba. Unmodified TTY-SB medium did not sustain growth of E. gingivalis. However, when rice starch suspension was substituted for glucose, l-cysteine HCl was deleted, and a Crithidia sp. was added to the E. gingivalis culture grown xenically, enhanced growth of the oral amoeba resulted in this modified TTY-SB medium. E. gingivalis is very sensitive to changes in incubation temperature. Optimum growth was found to be in the narrow range from 34.5 to 35°C for all media tested.
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