Heterolobosea

Heterolobosea
The three different stages of N. fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Percolozoa
Class: Heterolobosea
Page & Blanton 1985
Orders
  • Schizopyrenida
  • Acrasida
    Schröter 1886
  • Naegleriida
    Starobogatov 1980
  • Tetramitida
    Doweld 2001
  • Creneida
    Cavalier-Smith 2021
  • Percolomonadida
    Cavalier-Smith 1993

Heterolobosea are a class of Percolozoa. The only member of this class that is infectious to humans is Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the often fatal disease amoebic meningitis. Typically, their life cycle alternates between flagellate and amoeboid stages.

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