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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 .
Clockwise from top right: Amoeba proteus, Actinophrys sol, Acanthamoeba sp., Nuclearia thermophila., Euglypha acanthophora, neutrophil ingesting bacteria. An amoeba (/ ə ˈ m iː b ə /; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; pl.: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) / ə ˈ m iː b i /), [1] often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability ...
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).
Summer brings higher temperatures and warmer waters, and as pleasant as that can be they're not without their share of risks. Among them is the flourishing of tiny organisms, including Naegleria ...
Among the more basal Cercozoa is Reticulamoeba, an amoeboflagellate with reticulose pseudopods (reticulopodia), filopodia that join into a net-like structure. [ 6 ] Amoebozoa contains several groups of amoeboflagellates with one [ 7 ] or two flagella [ 8 ] and lobose pseudopods, which are rounder and more blunt-ended than filopodia.
An amoeba of the genus Mayorella (Amoebozoa, Discosea). Amoebozoa is a large and diverse group, but certain features are common to many of its members. The amoebozoan cell is typically divided into a granular central mass, called endoplasm, and a clear outer layer, called ectoplasm.
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Echinamoeba thermarum is an extremely thermophilic amoeba species discovered in various hot springs worldwide. It is notable for its ability to thrive at high temperatures, with an optimal growth temperature of 50°C (122°F).