Abstract
The long range goal of this research is to document the occurrence of pathogenic amoebae in thermal habitats that have been altered or disturbed by human activity. Immediate goals for this year included the comparison of filtration with centrifugation as a means of concentration of amoebae in water samples and testing the feasibility of using a comerercially available enzyme detection system (API ZYM) for the identification of pathogenic Naegleria.