Naegleria fowleri
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MICROBIOLOGY
- Free-living ameba, ubiquitous in the environment, 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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MICROBIOLOGY
- Free-living ameba, ubiquitous in the environment, 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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