Naegleria fowleri (pronounced /nə'ɡlɪə.ɹiə/) (also known as "the brain-eating amoeba") is a free-living amoeba typically found in warm fresh water, from 25–35 degrees Celsius (77–95 degrees Fahrenheit) in an amoeboid or temporary flagellate stage. It belongs to a group called the Percolozoa or Heterolobosea.
N. fowleri can invade and attack the human nervous system; although this occurs rarely[1], such an infection will nearly always result in the death of the victim. [2]
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