Free-living amoebae (FLA) are parasites within both humans and animals causing a wide
range of symptoms and act as hosts of, and vehicles for phylogenetically diverse …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) can be found both in natural aquatic environments and in
artificial, man-made aquatic environments. For a long time,(naked) FLA were considered to …

In addition to their role as parasites, free-living amoebae (FLA) can act as hosts of and
vehicles for phylogentically diverse microorganisms while some of them replicate …

Knowledge that free-living amoebae are capable of causing human disease dates back
some 50 years, prior to which time they were regarded as harmless soil organisms or, at …

The accidental discovery of the giant virus of amoeba—Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus
(APMV; more commonly known as mimivirus)—in 2003 changed the field of virology …

Giant viruses of amoebae were discovered serendipitously in 2003; they are visible via
optical microscopy, making them bona fide microbes. Their lifestyle, structure, and genomes …

Free-living amoebae are protists frequently found in water and soils. They feed on other
microorganisms, mainly bacteria, and digest them through phagocytosis. It is accepted that …

Free-living amoebae (FLA) are ubiquitous protozoa found worldwide in the environment.
They feed by phagocytosis on various microorganisms. However, some bacteria, ie …

Among various genera of free-living amoebae prevalent in nature, some members are
identified as causative agents of human encephalitis, in which Naegleria fowleri followed by …

Here, we sought to test the resistance of human pathogens to unaltered environmental free-
living amoebae. Amoebae are ubiquitous eukaryotic microorganisms and important …