A bootlegger is a person who sells alcohol off hours. Orriginally a bootlegger was a person who smuggled contraband onto a ship in the long boots made of waxed leather used to keep dry when entering and exiting small boats used to get to and from a ship at anchor.
Amoebas are single-celled organisms. The so-called brain-eating amoeba is a species discovered in 1965 and formally named Naegleria fowleri. Although first identified in Australia, this amoeba is believed to have evolved in the United States. There are several species of naegleria, but only the N. fowleri species causes human disease. Like other amoebas, naegleria reproduce by cell division. When conditions are less than optimal, amoebas become inactive cysts. When conditions are favorable, the cysts turn into trophozoites -- their feeding form.
Naegleria fowleri (commonly referred to as the brain-eating amoeba or brain-eating ameba), is a free-living microscopic ameba * , (single-celled living organism). It can cause a rare ** and devastating infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM).The ameba is commonly found in warm freshwater (e.g. lakes, rivers, and hot springs) and soil.Naegleria fowleri usually infects people when contaminated water enters the body through the nose.n very rare instances, Naegleria infections may also occur when contaminated water from other sources (such as inadequately chlorinated swimming pool water or heated and contaminated tap water) enters the nose.