Naegleria lovaniensis

Naegleria lovaniensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Family: Vahlkampfiidae
Genus: Naegleria
Species: N. lovaniensis
Binomial name
Naegleria lovaniensis
Stevens, De Jonckheere & Willaert, 1980

Naegleria lovaniensis is a species of Naegleria.[1] It is considered non-pathogenic.[2]

References

  1. Stevens, A.R.; De Jonckheere, J.; Willaert, E. (1980). "Naegleria lovaniensis new species: Isolation and identification of six thermophilic strains of a new species found in association with Naegleria fowleri". International Journal for Parasitology 10 (1): 51–64. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(80)90064-8. ISSN 0020-7519.
  2. Jamerson M, da Rocha-Azevedo B, Cabral GA, Marciano-Cabral F (March 2012). "Pathogenic Naegleria fowleri and non-pathogenic Naegleria lovaniensis exhibit differential adhesion to, and invasion of, extracellular matrix proteins". Microbiology (Reading, England) 158 (Pt 3): 791–803. doi:10.1099/mic.0.055020-0. PMC 3352113. PMID 22222499. Retrieved 2013-07-13.

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