Schizopyrenida

Naegleria fowleri
Different stages of Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Order: Schizopyrenida
Families

Gruberellidae
Vahlkampfiidae

Synonyms

Amoebomastigota

Schizopyrenida is an order of Heterolobosea.[1]

It contains Naegleria fowleri.[2][3]

References

  1. Roger AJ, Smith MW, Doolittle RF, Doolittle WF (1996). "Evidence for the Heterolobosea from phylogenetic analysis of genes encoding glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 43 (6): 475–85. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1996.tb04507.x. PMID 8976605.
  2. http://course1.winona.edu/kbates/Parasitology/naegleri.htm
  3. Schizopyrenida at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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