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Free-living protozoa are common and often abundant in fresh, brackish and salt water, as well as other moist environments, such as soils and mosses. Some species thrive in extreme environments such as hot springs [ 54 ] and hypersaline lakes and lagoons. [ 55 ]
Bodo saltans (alternatively known as Pleuromonas jaculans) is a free-living nonparasitic species of kinetoplastid flagellated phagotrophic protozoa that feed on bacteria. [1] Bodo saltans cells have been reported in freshwater and marine environments. Bodo saltans is a single-celled bean-shaped organism 4 to 5 micrometers in length. It has two ...
Free-living amoebae (or "FLA") [1] are a group of protozoa that are important causes of infectious disease in humans and animals. Naegleria fowleri is often included in the group "free-living amoebae", [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and this species causes a usually fatal condition traditionally called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).
Protozoan infections are parasitic diseases caused by organisms ... Amoebic meningoencephalitis and keratitis is a brain-eating amoeba caused by free-living Naeglaria ...
In most systems of taxonomy, "Ciliophora" is ranked as a phylum [6] under any of several kingdoms, including Chromista, [7] Protista [8] or Protozoa. [9] In some older systems of classification, such as the influential taxonomic works of Alfred Kahl , ciliated protozoa are placed within the class " Ciliata " [ 10 ] [ 11 ] (a term which can also ...
Main article: Human parasite Endoparasites Protozoan organisms Common name of organism or disease Latin name (sorted) Body parts affected Diagnostic specimen Prevalence Source/Transmission (Reservoir/Vector) Granulomatous amoebic encephalitis and Acanthamoeba keratitis (eye infection) Acanthamoeba spp. eye, brain, skin culture worldwide contact lenses cleaned with contaminated tap water ...
Acanthamoeba spp. are among the most prevalent protozoa found in the environment. [1] They are distributed worldwide, and have been isolated from soil, air, sewage, seawater, chlorinated swimming pools, domestic tap water, bottled water, dental treatment units, hospitals, air-conditioning units, and contact lens cases.
Tetrahymena thermophila is a species of Ciliophora in the family Tetrahymenidae. [1] It is a free living protozoon and occurs in fresh water. [2]There is little information on the ecology and natural history of this species, [3] but it is the most widely known and widely studied species in the genus Tetrahymena.