Occurrence of Blastocystis in Water of Two Rivers from Recreational Areas in Malaysia
Table 3
Number of culture tube containing Blastocystis and faecal coliforms count at the up-, mid-, and downstream sampling sites of the rivers.
Sungai Congkak
Sungai Batu
No. CuT + B
CFU/0.1L × 103
No. CuT + B
CFU/0.1 L × 103
sampling date (SDate)
SR
MR
MR
SDate
SR
MR
MR
Upstream station
04-08-04
—
—
0.68
16-08-04
—
—
1.00
05-09-04
—
2
2.60
19-09-04
—
—
0.65
07-10-04
—
—
0.51
22-10-04
—
—
0.41
07-11-04
—
1
0.60
28-11-04
—
1
0.54
16-12-04
—
—
0.48
22-12-04
—
—
0.60
09-01-05
3
—
1.60
23-01-05
—
—
1.40
03-02-05
—
—
1.40
23-02-05
—
1
3.40
06-03-05
—
—
10.00
20-03-05
1
1
0.91
06-04-05
—
—
2.60
20-04-05
1
—
1.30
08-05-05
1
—
1.30
22-05-05
1
—
4.00
CuT + B/Total CuT
4/40
3/40
2.10 ± 1.40
3/40
3/40
1.40 ± 0.62
Midstream station
04-08-04
—
—
1.40
16-08-04
1
—
4.90
05-09-04
3
3
3.90
19-09-04
—
1
5.10
07-10-04
—
1
1.40
22-10-04
1
—
0.71
07-11-04
—
—
3.10
28-11-04
—
—
3.40
16-12-04
—
—
1.20
22-12-04
—
1
1.80
09-01-05
1
1
11.00
23-01-05
1
1
6.40
03-02-05
—
—
8.80
23-02-05
—
—
4.90
06-03-05
3
2
12.00
20-03-05
1
2
5.20
06-04-05
—
—
3.30
20-04-05
3
1
1.40
08-05-05
—
—
13.00
22-05-05
4
3
6.80
CuT+ B/Total CuT
7/40
7/40
5.9 ± 2.3
11/40
9/40
4.0 ± 1.0
Downstream station
04-08-04
1
—
8.10
16-08-04
1
1
4.50
05-09-04
4
4
24.00
19-09-04
3
2
4.70
07-10-04
2
3
12.00
22-10-04
—
1
0.95
07-11-04
2
3
20.00
28-11-04
3
2
7.80
16-12-04
—
2
17.00
22-12-04
—
—
3.10
09-01-05
4
4
73.00
23-01-05
1
—
11.00
03-02-05
4
4
33.00
23-02-05
—
—
7.80
06-03-05
4
4
63.00
20-03-05
2
1
8.70
06-04-05
3
3
31.00
20-04-05
4
—
1.80
08-05-05
4
4
53.00
22-05-05
3
3
16.00
CuT + B/Total CuT
28/40
31/40
33.00 ± 11.00
17/40
10/40
6.60 ± 2.20
ΣCuT + B/ΣTotal CuT
39/120
41/120
31/120
22/120
ΣMean ± ΣSE of FC
13.00 ± 4.90
4.00±1.30
No. of CuT containing Blastocystis and mean ± SE of faecal coliforms during week day
10
13
8.20 ± 5.40
11
5
2.50 ± 1.00
No. of CuT containing Blastocystis and mean ± SE of faecal coliforms during holiday
29
28
19.00 ± 11.00
20
17
5.50 ± 2.10
CuT = culture tube, CuT + B = culture tube with positive Blastocystis, FC = faecal coliform, measurement in CFU/0.1L×103, CFU = coliform forming unit, L = litre, SR = side of the river, MR = middle of the river, — = Nil, Σ = total, SE = standard error, bold = holidays.
