Heterolobosea
| Heterolobosea | |
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| The three different stages of N. fowleri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Discoba |
| Superphylum: | Discicristata |
| Phylum: | Page & Blanton, 1985[1] |
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| Diversity | |
| ~170 species[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Heterolobosea or Percolozoa, commonly known as amoebomastigotes,[2] is a phylum of protists including many amoeboflagellates. Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the often fatal disease amoebic meningitis, is the only member of this phylum infectious to humans. Typically, their life cycle alternates between flagellate and amoeboid stages.
- ^ a b Pánek, Tomáš; Tice, Alexander K.; Corre, Pia; Hrubá, Pavla; Žihala, David; Kamikawa, Ryoma; Yazaki, Euki; Shiratori, Takashi; Kume, Keitaro; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Ishida, Ken-ichiro; Hradilová, Miluše; Silberman, Jeffrey D.; Roger, Andrew; Inagaki, Yuji; Eliáš, Marek; Brown, Matthew W.; Čepička, Ivan (16 January 2025). "An expanded phylogenomic analysis of Heterolobosea reveals the deep relationships, non-canonical genetic codes, and cryptic flagellate stages in the group". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 204. Academic Press in Elsevier: 108289. Bibcode:2025MolPE.20408289P. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2025.108289. ISSN 1095-9513. PMID 39826589.
- ^ Margulis, Lynn; Chapman, Michael J. (2009). Kingdoms and Domains: An Illustrated Guide to the Phyla of Life on Earth (4th corrected ed.). London: Academic Press. ISBN 9780123736215.