Identification of Free-Living Amoebas in Tap Water of Buildings with Storage Tanks in Korea.

ABSTRACT: Free-living amoebas (FLAs) can cause severe disease in humans and animals when they become infected. However, there are no accurate survey reports on the prevalence of FLAs in Korea. In this study, we collected 163 tap water samples from buildings, apartments, and restrooms of highway service areas in 7 Korean provinces with high population density. All these buildings and facilities have water storage tanks in common. The survey was separated into categories of buildings, apartments, and highway service areas. Five hundred milliliters of tap water from each building was collected and filtered with 0.2 µm pore filter paper. The filters were incubated in agar plates with heated E. coli at 25°C. After axenization, genomic DNA was collected from each FLA, and species classification was perfor

SUBMITTER: Lee DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231833 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature