Detection and co-occurrence of Acanthamoeba and Klebsiella pneumoniae in freshwater river systems of Taichung, Taiwan

Table 1 Environmental parameters and detection of Acanthamoeba and K. pneumoniae in Taichung freshwater systems

		Meichuan Canal	Midori River	Han River	Liuchuan Canal	Taichung Park Lake
Temperature	1	26°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	31°C
	2	27°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C
	3	27°C	28°C	30°C	29°C	31°C
pH	1	8.0	8.0	8.4	7.6	7.4
	2	8.0	8.0	8.4	7.2	7.2
	3	7.6	8.0	8.4	7.2	7.2
ROS (ppm)	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
	3	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Hardness (mg/L)	1	250	250	250	250	100
	2	250	250	250	250	100
	3	250	250	250	250	100
Acanthamoeba	1	-	+		-	-
	2	-	+	-	-	-
	3	-	+	+	-	-
K. pneumoniae	1	+	+	+	-	-
	2	-	+	+	+	-
	3	-	+	+	-	-

The environmental parameters (temperature, pH, ROS, and water hardness) measured at the five sampling sites (Meichuan Canal, Midori River, Han River, Liuchuan Canal, and Taichung Park Lake), along with the presence (+) or absence (−) of Acanthamoeba and K. pneumoniae detected at each site

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