Table 2.
FLA detected by NNA culture and multiplex qPCR methods in water samples from Tenerife Island
| Water Sample | NNA Culture + PCR | qPCR | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ac | Nf | Bm | Vv | Ac | Nf | Bm | Vv | |||||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Tap water (n = 19) | 4 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | 5 | 26.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.8 |
| Stagnant water (n = 19) | 2 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.5 | 12 | 63.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42.1 |
| Total (N = 38) | 6 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10.3 | 17 | 44.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 28.9 |
| 7/38 (18.4%) | 18/38 (47.4%) | |||||||||||||||
Ac = Acanthamoeba spp.; Bm = B. mandrillaris; FLA = free-living amoebae; Nf = N. fowleri; NNA = nonnutritive agar; qPCR = real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Vv = V. vermiformis.