Detection of Free-Living Amoebae Using Amoebal Enrichment in a Wastewater Treatment Plant of Gauteng Province, South Africa

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Season</td><td align="center">Sample number</td><td align="center"><i>Acanthamoeba</i> sp.</td><td align="center">Other FLA</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Autumn</td><td align="center">41</td><td align="center">21 (51.2%)</td><td align="center">20 (48.8%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Winter</td><td align="center">43</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">43 (100%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Spring</td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">—</td><td align="center">     44 (100%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Summer</td><td align="center">44</td><td align="center">1 (2.2%)</td><td align="center"> 43 (97.8%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Isolation of amoebae at different seasons in a wastewater treatment plant.

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Table 4: Detection of Free-Living Amoebae Using Amoebal Enrichment in a Wastewater Treatment Plant of Gauteng Province, South Africa 