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International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2021 Naegleria fowleri is both a pathogenic and a free-living microbial eukaryote, responsible for the development of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) in humans.
Rubén Martín-Escolano +5 more
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Isolation and Environmental Detection of Balamuthia mandrillaris in Isfahan, Iran
Environmental Microbiology Reports, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2025.This study investigates the presence of Balamuthia mandrillaris in environmental sources from Isfahan, Iran, and compares cultural and molecular detection methods. The findings highlight matrix‐dependent detection patterns and report an overall prevalence of 15.6%.
Sara Lesani +2 more
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Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2006 A case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis produced by Naegleria fowleri was diagnosed in the Independencia county of Anzoategui State, Venezuela. This case motivated the realization of the present epidemiological study with the aim of identifying ...
Julman R. Cermeño +7 more
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Pathogens, 2020 Members of the genus Naegleria are free-living amoebae that are widely distributed in water and soil environments. Moreover, Naegleria fowleri is a pathogenic amoeba species that causes a fatal disease in the central nervous system known as primary ...
Patricia Bonilla-Lemus +9 more
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Conserved actin machinery drives microtubule-independent motility and phagocytosis in Naegleria
Journal of Cell Biology, 2020 Naegleria diverged from the “yeast-to-human” lineage >1 billion years ago. Velle and Fritz-Laylin found that Naegleria, which lacks interphase microtubules, has a robust actin cytoskeletal repertoire and uses conserved, Arp2/3–derived actin networks to ...
Katrina B. Velle, L. Fritz-Laylin
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BMC Genomics, 2018 Background Members of the genus Naegleria are free-living eukaryotes with the capability to transform from the amoeboid form into resting cysts or moving flagellates in response to environmental conditions.
Nicole Liechti +3 more
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Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Volume 72, Issue 5, September/October 2025.ABSTRACT Several distantly related, deep‐branching lineages within the eukaryotic tree of life share what is known as the “typical excavate” morphology. This cell architecture includes a suspension‐feeding ventral groove, supported by complex and specific structures of the cytoskeleton, and a vane‐bearing posterior flagellum.
Kristina I. Prokina +7 more
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Naegleria fowleri: Sources of infection, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management; a review
Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 2019 Naegleria fowleri, a thermophilic flagellate amoeba known as a “brain‐eating” amoeba, is the aetiological agent of a perilous and devastating waterborne disease known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), both in humans as well as in animals. PAM
Muhammad Jahangeer +8 more
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FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2020 Naegleria fowleri is a free-living protozoan that resides in soil and freshwater. Human intranasal amoebae exposure through water or potentially dust particles can culminate in primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which generally causes death. While many
Leigha M. Stahl, J. Olson
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Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2020 Background: Free-living amoeba (FLA) are widely distributed in different environmental sources. The most genera of the amoeba are Acanthamoeba, Naegleria and Vermamoeba.
Mandana KHORSANDI RAFSANJANI +4 more
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