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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Limax amebae (Naegleria-like amebae, Acanthamoeba, Hartmanella, Platyamoeba), bacterial floc, swimming pools, Iowa State University
Abstract
Four types of amebae (Acanthamoeba, Hartmanella, Naegleria-like amebae, and a vannellid, probably Platyamoeba) were identified from 2 indoor swimming pools on the Iowa State University campus during January-April 1981. Large numbers of these amebae, and other protozoans and metazoans were found in a yellow-brown (mainly bacterial) floc growing on the pool bottom, in filtering systems, and in recirculation pipes. None of the amebae were found to be pathogenic in laboratory mice. Corrective pool maintenance procedures and laboratory studies of the floc and amebae are described.
Publication Date
December 1982
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
89
Issue
4
First Page
168
Last Page
170
Copyright
©1982 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Mitchell, Lawrence G.; Townsend, Samuel C.; and Choquette, Kenneth C.
(1982)
"Limax Amebae in Two Swimming Pools at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 89(4), 168-170.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol89/iss4/8