<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Binomial name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Naegleria fowleri Carter (1970) </Td> </Tr> <P> Naegleria fowleri, colloquially known as the "brain - eating amoeba", is a species of the genus Naegleria, belonging to the phylum Percolozoa . It is a free - living, bacteria - eating amoeba that can be pathogenic, causing a fulminant (sudden and severe) brain infection called naegleriasis, also known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). This microorganism is typically found in bodies of warm freshwater, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs . It is also found in the soil near warm - water discharges of industrial plants, and in unchlorinated or minimally - chlorinated swimming pools . It can be seen in either an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage . </P> <P> Naegleria fowleri is a thermophilic (heat - loving), free - living amoeba . It is found in warm and hot freshwater ponds, lakes and rivers, and in the very warm water of hot springs . As the water temperature rises, its numbers increase . The amoeba was identified in the 1960s in Australia but appears to have evolved in the United States . N. fowleri occurs in three forms--as a cyst, a trophozoite (ameboid), and a biflagellate (it has two flagella). It does not form a cyst in human tissue, where only the amoeboid trophozoite stage exists . The flagellate form can exist in the cerebrospinal fluid . </P>

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