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Naegleria fowleri, also known as the brain-eating amoeba, is a species of the genus Naegleria. It belongs to the phylum Percolozoa and is classified as an amoeboflagellate excavate , [ 1 ] an organism capable of behaving as both an amoeba and a flagellate .
Naegleria / n ɛ ˈ ɡ l ɪər i ə / is a genus consisting of 47 described species of protozoa often found in warm aquatic environments as well as soil habitats worldwide. [1] It has three life cycle forms: the amoeboid stage, the cyst stage, and the flagellated stage, and has been routinely studied for its ease in change from amoeboid to flagellated stages. [1]
The term "brain-eating amoeba" has been used to refer to several microorganisms: Naegleria fowleri, which causes naegleriasis; Acanthamoeba spp., which causes the slow-acting infection acanthamoebiasis
Naegleria Fowleri was detected during routine tests last week at a utility district in Ascension Parish, Public officials are in the process of eliminating Naegleria Fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba ...
Naegleria fowleri doesn't cause illness if swallowed, but can be deadly if it's forced up the nose and can reach the brain. The amoeba is only found in fresh water bodies such as lakes, rivers ...
The only member of this group that is infectious to humans is Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the often fatal disease amoebic meningitis. [2] The group is closely related to the Euglenozoa, and share with them the unusual characteristic of having mitochondria with discoid cristae. [3]
Naegleria fowleri. N. fowleri invades the central nervous system via the nose, specifically through the olfactory mucosa of the nasal tissues. This usually occurs as the result of the introduction of water that has been contaminated with N. fowleri into the nose during activities such as swimming, bathing or nasal irrigation. [13]
The heterolobosean pathogen Naegleria fowleri can behave as an amoeba (center) or as a flagellate (right).. An amoeboflagellate (pl. amoeboflagellates) is any eukaryotic organism capable of behaving as an amoeba and as a flagellate at some point during their life cycle.