Talk:Naegleria fowleri

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I am uncertain just how much detail is acceptable or desirable. Naegleria spp. typically flagellate when their growth medium is diluted, i.e., they are added to water. The flagellate stage is temporary because it is non-feeding and non-dividing. The flagellate reverts to the amoeboid stage after a few hours. Inducing flagellation by the transfer of amoebae from the seeded non-nutrient agar plates to sterile water is the fastest means to screen for Naegleria. Additional test can then be used to confirm N. fowleri. Incubation of the seeded plates at 35C will help select for N. fowleri by eliminating most amoebaes that cannot grow at that elevated temperature.

Shel 01:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)Shel

I added a link to a brief description of Primary Amoebic Meningeoncephalitis --User:Tanail March 29th, 2007