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.

Naegleria fowleri is a microscopic amoeba that lives in warm freshwater, such as lakes, ponds and rivers. There are many species of Naegleria, and most of them do little or no harm to humans. They eat ...

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 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.

Summer is when families are most at risk for brain-eating amoeba. Infections are rare, almost always deadly. How to go swimming but stay safe. advertisement. The Clarion-Ledger Jackson.

Star student Megan Ebenroth, 17, tragically died last month after contracting a rare, brain-eating amoeba while swimming in Georgia. The death was reported last month, but the victim’s identity ...

The amoeba has not been detected at Easter Lake.To limit risk of infection, health officials say you should avoid water-related activities in lakes and rivers when the water is really hot.

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 ...

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 ...