Our drinking water remains safe, but other water concerns lurk in the rivers and lakes around Austin following the floods.

Though chlamydia bacteria does not stop the virus from infecting the amoeba, a viral infection is unable to form a functional virus factory in amoeba that are co-infected with chlamydia. The ...

The term "brain-eating amoeba" makes the amoeba sound like a tiny zombie stalking your skull. But brains are accidental food for them. According to the CDC, N. fowleri normally eats bacteria.

The amoeba only lives in freshwater, so swimming in the ocean is not a risk, Lundstrom added. Naegleria fowleri thrives in warm water, growing best at temperatures up to 115°F.

Q: Whenever you talk about neti pots, you include a warning about always using distilled water. It seemed to me like an ...

A Georgia resident has died after contracting Naegleria fowleri, otherwise known as a "brain-eating amoeba." ... Scientists revive 'zombie virus' that was frozen for nearly 50,000 years.

A person in Charlotte County, Florida, has died after being infected with the rare brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri. The infection possibly resulted from “sinus rinse practices utilizing ...

The amoeba Polysphondylium pallidum, for instance, ... Zhang S, at al. A chemical radar allows bacteria to detect and kill predators, Cell (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.033.

In a recent study published in Cell, researchers elucidated mechanisms by which a bacterial organism and plant pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae, kills amoeba predators. The process involves a ...

A 2-year-old boy has died one week after battling Naegleria fowleri, or brain-eating amoeba. The toddler contracted the rare virus while swimming in Ash Springs, Nevada.

ABOVE: Image of a culture of Entamoeba gingivalis growing together with bacteria. Urvi Zankharia . I n 2019, researchers reported a new family of DNA viruses, Redondoviridae, which are frequently ...