Naegleria fowleri
Common Name: Naegleria fowleri
Scientific Name: Naegleria fowleri
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Schizopyrenida Family: Vahlkampfiidae Genus:Naegleria
Specimen #: 81
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: is a free-living excavate form of protist typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
Relationship with humans: can invade and attack the human nervous system. Although this occurs rarely, such an infection nearly always results in the death of the victim.
Evolutionary Significance: Naegleria fowleri occurs in three forms: a cyst, a trophozoite (ameboid) and a flagellate.
Sources: http://www.medicinenet.com/naegleria_infection/article.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/
Scientific Name: Naegleria fowleri
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Other Taxonomy: Order: Schizopyrenida Family: Vahlkampfiidae Genus:Naegleria
Specimen #: 81
Circumstance: Observed online
Specimen Condition: Specimen presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: is a free-living excavate form of protist typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs.
Relationship with humans: can invade and attack the human nervous system. Although this occurs rarely, such an infection nearly always results in the death of the victim.
Evolutionary Significance: Naegleria fowleri occurs in three forms: a cyst, a trophozoite (ameboid) and a flagellate.
Sources: http://www.medicinenet.com/naegleria_infection/article.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naegleria_fowleri
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/naegleria/