Naegleria fowleri

Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D.

MICROBIOLOGY

Free-living ameba, ubiquitous in the environment, is found in warm freshwater and soil. Rarely found in inadequately chlorinated tap water or swimming pools.
Phylum Percolozoa
- Organisms feed on bacteria.
- N. fowleri is the only known species to cause human disease.
  - Other free-living amoebae Naegleria are not considered pathogenic.

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