The amoeba can hide in pipes connected to tap water ... This is because the amoebae’s feeding causes meningoencephalitis, which similarly sees the brain and nearby tissues swell.

It thrives in stagnant or slow-flowing water, where it can feed on bacteria and other organic matter. The amoeba can also ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...

Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis aka PAM is a deadly brain-eating amoeba that spurts its head out of the infection with Naegleria fowleri. It thrives in warm freshwater lakes, rivers and ...