When it’s not eating your brain. There’s a strange irony to the fact that a close relative of the brain-devouring amoeba species, Naegleria fowleri, could be the source of a greater understanding of ...

Loesch. In 1903, the organism was studied in detail by F. Schaudinn, who differentiated two amoeba species, Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba coli, which belong to the class Sarcodina ...

Entamoeba species are a group of protozoan parasites that can infect a variety of hosts, including humans and animals. Understanding the phylogenetics and genetic diversity of these parasites is ...

While it's very rare, it can be deadly—a brain infection by a microbe widely known as the "brain-eating amoeba." The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part ...

Testing has since ruled out the specific Naegleria fowleri species which is commonly referred to as a brain-eating amoeba. The specific kind of amoeba is known to cause primary amoebic ...