Table 2.
Morphological characteristics of Acanthamoeba isolates investigated in this study.
| Isolates | Cysts diameters |
Diagnosis (group/species) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range (mean ± S.D.) | p | rS.D. (%) | Out layers (%) | ||
| IMU 1: X A |
11.48–18.04 (15.45 ± 1.67) | *** | 10.81 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 11.46–27.97 (19.75 ± 3.33) | 16.86 | 74 | |||
| IMU 2: X A |
11.18–18.06 (15.10 ± 1.84) | *** | 12.19 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 12.78–42.57 (20.45 ± 5.22) | 25.53 | 62 | |||
| IMU 3: X A |
11.89–18.04 (14.66 ± 1.65) | *** | 11.26 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 11.12–22.92 (16.77 ± 1.70) | 10.14 | 22 | |||
| IMU 4: X A |
10.25–16.81 (13.90 ± 1.62) | NS | 11.65 | Nil | II/castellanii or polyphagaa |
| 11.46–22.24 (14.35 ± 1.78) | 12.40 | 32 | |||
| IMU 5: X A |
11.48–18.04 (15.51 ± 1.70) | *** | 10.96 | Nil | II/castellanii or polyphagaa |
| 15.17–31.35 (20.57 ± 3.06) | 14.88 | 80 | |||
| IMU 6: X A |
9.43–15.99 (12.93 ± 1.71) | *** | 13.23 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 12.71–22.55 (17.04 ± 2.11) | 12.38 | 20 | |||
| IMU 7: X A |
10.25–17.22 (13.92 ± 1.51) | *** | 10.85 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 13.30–33.21 (19.21 ± 3.79) | 19.73 | 60 | |||
| IMU 8: X A |
11.89–17.44 (14.54 ± 1.28) | *** | 8.80 | Nil | II/polyphaga |
| 13.14–34.72 (21.71 ± 4.65) | 21.42 | 76 | |||
| IMU 9: X A |
11.64–18.06 (16.40 ± 1.56) | *** | 9.51 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 13.94–29.93 (19.56 ± 3.09) | 15.80 | 66 | |||
| IMU 10:X A |
8.61–15.99 (11.75 ± 1.58) | *** | 13.45 | Nil | III/culbertsoni |
| 13.48–24.27 (17.26 ± 2.36) | 13.67 | 30 | |||
| IMU 11: X A |
9.43–17.22 (12.96 ± 1.59) | *** | 12.27 | Nil | III/culbertsoni |
| 14.35–31.57 (22.91 ± 4.94) | 21.56 | 72 | |||
| IMU 12: X A |
8.61–17.63 (12.78 ± 2.01) | *** | 15.72 | Nil | III/culbertsoni |
| 13.82–51.90 (22.82 ± 11.17) | 48.95 | 50 | |||
| IMU 13: X A |
8.73–16.74 (11.70 ± 1.51) | *** | 12.91 | Nil | III/culbertsoni |
| 10.19–24.38 (15.88 ± 3.00) | 18.89 | 20 | |||
| IMU 14: X A |
11.07–17.22 (13.82 ± 1.40) | NS | 10.13 | Nil | II/griffini |
| 10.20–24.68 (14.40 ± 3.12) | 21.67 | 12 | |||
| IMU 15: X A |
9.59–15.99 (11.89 ± 1.57) | *** | 13.20 | Nil | II/hatchetti or polyphagaa |
| 13.53–26.65 (20.49 ± 2.67) | 13.03 | 84 | |||
| IMU16: X A |
11.48–17.63 (15.70 ± 1.31) | *** | 8.34 | Nil | III/lenticulata |
| 22.04–56.59 (32.84 ± 7.48) | 22.78 | 100 | |||
| IMU 17: X A |
11.89–18.06 (15.78 ± 1.45) | *** | 9.19 | Nil | III/lenticulata |
| 16.40–49.61 (25.72 ± 6.31) | 24.53 | 98 | |||
| IMU 18: X A |
13.46–18.19 (16.47 ± 1.46) | *** | 8.86 | Nil | II/castellanii |
| 12.13–19.55 (15.39 ± 1.47) | 9.55 | 8 | |||
| IMU 19: X A |
10.66–17.22 (14.35 ± 1.43) | *** | 9.97 | Nil | II/polyphaga |
| 11.12–27.79 (17.38 ± 2.98) | 17.15 | 30 | |||
| IMU 20: X A |
10.19–16.74 (13.34 ± 1.53) | *** | 11.47 | Nil | II/unidentified spp.b |
| 11.89–22.55 (17.49 ± 2.51) | 14.35 | 36 | |||
| IMU 21: X A |
10.66–17.22 (13.44 ± 1.49) | * | 11.09 | Nil | II/unidentified spp.b |
| 10.45–18.45 (14.34 ± 1.96) | 13.67 | 2 | |||
X = xenic culture, A = axenic culture; p = P value, rS.D. = relative standard deviation.
*p ≤ 0.05; ***p ≤ 0.001; NS = Not significant.
a
Species of isolate could not be identified as it resembled closely to morphology of the mentioned species.
b
Species of isolate could not be identified morphologically.