Naegleria fowleri

Naegleria fowleri
	; Different stages of Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota;
(unranked)	Excavata;
Phylum:	Percolozoa;
Class:	Heterolobosea;
Order:	Schizopyrenida;
Family:	Vahlkampfiidae;
Genus:	Naegleria;
Species:	N. fowleri;
Binomial name
	Naegleria fowleri; Carter (1970)

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Description and significance

Naegleria fowleri (commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba) is a thermophilic free-living amoeba found in moist environments (25-35 degrees Celsius) including warm fresh water, soil, and sewage. N. fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rare but nearly always fatal disease of the central nervous system. It belongs to the Percolozoa phylum and can exist in different forms including trophozoite, flagellate, and encysted.