| Entry | T12119 |
| Org code | nfo |
| Name | Naegleria fowleri ATCC 30894 (brain-eating amoeba) |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:5763 |
| Lineage | Eukaryota; ; Heterolobosea; Eutetramitea; Acrasida; Naegleriidae; Naegleria; Naegleria fowleri |
| Org group | Protists; Heterolobosea; Tetramitia |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
KEGG organisms: protists [BR:br08615] |
| Data source | RefSeq (Assembly: GCF_008403515.1 Scaffold) |
| Keywords | Human pathogen |
| Disease | H02399 Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) |
| Comment | Host: Homo sapiens [GN:hsa] [TAX:9606]
Environmental protist found in soil and warm freshwater sources worldwide and is known for its ability to infect humans and causing a rapid and mostly fatal primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 13808
Number of RNA genes: 23 |
| Created | 2026 |
| Reference | PMID: 31690847 |
| Authors | Liechti N, Schurch N, Bruggmann R, Wittwer M |
| Title | Nanopore sequencing improves the draft genome of the human pathogenic amoeba Naegleria fowleri. |
| Journal | Sci Rep 9:16040 (2019)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52572-0 |
| Reference | PMID: 23360210 |
| Authors | Herman EK, Greninger AL, Visvesvara GS, Marciano-Cabral F, Dacks JB, Chiu CY |
| Title | The mitochondrial genome and a 60-kb nuclear DNA segment from Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. |
| Journal | J Eukaryot Microbiol 60:179-91 (2013)
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12022 |
