sequenced the amoeba’s genome for the first time. Their insights may help us understand what makes it so virulent and point the way to better treatments. Until then, hold your nose.

The vampyrellid amoeba Strigomyxa ruptor gen. et sp. nov. and its remarkable strategy to acquire algal cell contents. Ecology and Evolution . Vol. 14, August 2024, e70191. doi: 10.1002/ece3.70191.

Amoeba Eats Cells Alive, Spits out Corpses. The single-celled parasite responsible is called Entamoeba histolytica, and its infection results in lots of tissue destruction, causing intestinal ...

A man died after he was infected by the amoeba, whose scientific name is Naegleria fowleri, the Georgia Department of Public Health said Friday. Earlier this month, Nevada public health officials ...

A Parasite in Disguise. Scientists used to think that E. histolytica harmed people by injecting toxins into cells. But in 2011, Ralston began to suspect otherwise. Watching the amoeba through a ...

But the amoeba mainly eats bacteria, not brains, and those organisms are plentiful in the sediment of lakes and rivers. Infections in humans are devastating but rare.

A Texas woman died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, a fatal brain amoeba, from using unboiled tap water in a nasal irrigation device at a campground, prompting CDC warnings.

A Texas woman died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba from tap water used to clear out her sinuses.. The 71-year-old, who was not identified, fell ill within four days of using a nasal ...

A 2-year-old boy named Woodrow Bundy tragically died after contracting a deadly brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Nevada. The boy’s mother, Briana, broke the heartrending news in a Facebook ...

Florida health officials say a man recently died from a brain-eating amoeba called Naegleria fowleri—an infection likely caught from rinsing his sinuses with tap water. These infections are ...