| seasonal distribution of thermotolerant free-living amoebae. ii. lake issaqueena. | a quantitative study of the seasonal distribution of thermotolerant (37 degrees c and 45 degrees c), small free-living amoebae (fla) was conducted in lake issaqueena, a warm, monomictic lake with steep, sloping banks and a maximum basin depth of 10 m in the piedmont region of south carolina. naegleria and vahlkampfia were the most frequently encountered fla in littoral sediment and surface water samples whereas acanthamoeba was most commonly isolated from profundal sediment, especially during la ... | 1987 | 3572836 |