Heterolobosea

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Heterolobosea
The three different stages of N. fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Percolozoa
Class:	Heterolobosea Page & Blanton 1985
Orders
Schizopyrenida Acrasida Schröter 1886 Naegleriida Starobogatov 1980 Tetramitida Doweld 2001 Creneida Cavalier-Smith 2021 Percolomonadida Cavalier-Smith 1993

Heterolobosea are a class of Percolozoa. The only member of this group that is infectious to humans is Naegleria fowleri, the causative agent of the often fatal disease amoebic meningitis. Typically, their life cycle alternates between flagellate and amoeboid stages.