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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 The genus Bordetella comprises several bacterial species that colonize the respiratory tract of mammals. It includes B. pertussis, a human-restricted pathogen that is the causative agent of Whooping Cough.
Dawn L. Taylor-Mulneix +3 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionFree-living amoebae of the Naegleria genus belong to the major protist clade Heterolobosea and are ubiquitously distributed in soil and freshwater habitats. Of the 47 Naegleria species described, N. fowleri is the only one being pathogenic to humans, causing a rare but fulminant primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
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Mediolus, a new genus of Arcellacea (Testate Lobose Amoebae) [PDF]
Palaeontologia Electronica, 2014 Mediolus, a new arcellacean genus of the Difflugidae (informally known as thecamoebia, testate rhizopods, or testate lobose amoebae) differs from other genera of the family in having distinctive tooth-like inward oriented apertural crenulations and tests generally characterized by a variable number of hollow basal spines.
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Journal of Water and Health, 2022 Although the presence of free-living amoebae (FLAs) in various water sources has been reported, few studies have been surveyed on their abundance in medical-unit and dental-unit water samples.
Hadi Khatoonaki +5 more
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The Evolutionary Reorganization of Ontogeny and Origin of Multicellularity [PDF]
, 2010 The formation of morphogenetic mechanisms during emergence of multicellularity is discussed in this ...
Dovgal, I. V.
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A review of Acanthamoeba keratitis in the middle East and Iran
Journal of Acute Disease, 2019 Acanthamoeba keratitis, a vision-threatening disease, is caused by a free-living amoeba of genus Acanthamoeba. Amoeba is widely distributed all around the world.
Mohammad Hossein Feiz Haddad +3 more
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Evaluation of the Removal and Effects of Cylindrospermopsin on Ripened Slow Sand Filters
Toxins, 2023 The occurrence of toxic blooms of cyanobacteria has been a matter of public health interest due to the cyanotoxins produced by these microorganisms. Cylindrospermopsin (CYN) is a cyanotoxin of particular concern due to its toxic effects on humans.
Daniel Valencia-Cárdenas +5 more
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Prevalence of free living Amoeba in oral cavity of cancer patient, Kashan 2019 -2020
فصلنامه دانشگاه علوم پزشکی جهرم, 2021 Introduction: Free –living Amoeba (FLA) are microorganisms that are abundant in the nature. Some genus of these protozoa are opportunistic and cause granulomatous encephalitis and lung infections in immunocompromised people such as cancer patients.
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Infections with filamentous fungi are common to all animals, but attention is rising especially due to the increasing incidence and high mortality rates observed in immunocompromised human individuals. Here, Aspergillus fumigatus and other members of its
Silvia Novohradská +4 more
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First report of free-living amoebae in sewage treatment plants in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil
Journal of Water and Health, 2023 Free-living amoebae (FLA) are amphizoic protozoans with a cosmopolitan distribution. Some strains of species are associated with infections in humans.
Thaisla Cristiane Borella da Silva +2 more
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