Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is technically...

change from amoeboid to flagellated stages. The Naegleria genera became famous when Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the usually fatal human...

fatal infection of the brain by the free-living unicellular eukaryote Naegleria fowleri. Symptoms are meningitis-like and include headache, fever, nausea...

worldwide, such as various Naegleria species. While studies have found the presence of Naegleria in hot spring waters, Naegleria fowleri, responsible for numerous...

to treat leishmaniasis and free-living amoeba infections such as Naegleria fowleri and Balamuthia mandrillaris. This includes the three forms of leishmaniasis:...

Other well known species include the so-called "brain-eating amoeba" Naegleria fowleri, the intestinal parasite Entamoeba histolytica, which causes amoebic...

in 2010. Naegleria gruberi is a non-pathogenic biosafety level 1 organism, although it is related to the deadly Naegleria fowleri. Naegleria gruberi is...

Schizopyrenida is an order of Heterolobosea. It contains Naegleria fowleri. Roger AJ; Smith MW; Doolittle RF; Doolittle WF (1996). "Evidence for the Heterolobosea...

insufflation of the amoeba Naegleria fowleri (the "brain-eating amoeba") from untreated tap water. Two people died from Naegleria fowleri infections tied to using...

are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals. Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", and this species...