What is Naegleria fowleri?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Naegleria fowleri'' | image = Naegleria (formes).png | image_width = 153px | image_caption = Different stages of ''Naegleria fowleri'' | domain = [[Eukaryote|Eukaryota]] | unranked_phylum = [[Excavata]] | phylum = [[Percolozoa]] | classis = [[Heterolobosea]] | ordo = [[Schizopyrenida]] | familia = [[Vahlkampfiidae]] | genus = ''[[Naegleria]]'' | species = '''N. fowleri''' | binomial = ''Naegleria fowleri'' | binomial_authority = [[Carter]] (1970) }} '''''Naegleria fowleri''''' is a free-living form of [[protist]] typically found in warm [[fresh water]], from 25–35 degrees Celsius. It belongs to a group called the [[Percolozoa]] or Heterolobosea. ''N. fowleri'' can invade and attack the human nervous system; although this occurs rarely, such an infection will nearly always result in the death of the victim. {{biology-stub}} [[category:Parasites]] [[Category:Protista]]