| Naegleria gruberi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Percolozoa |
| Class: | Heterolobosea |
| Order: | Schizopyrenida |
| Family: | Vahlkampfiidae |
| Genus: | Naegleria |
| Species: | N. gruberi
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| Binomial name | |
| Naegleria gruberi (Schardinger, 1899)
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Naegleria gruberi is a species of Naegleria. It is famous for its ability to change from an amoeba, which lacks a cytoplasmic microtubule cytoskeleton, to a flagellate, which has an elaborate microtubule cytoskeleton, including flagella. This "transformation" includes de novo synthesis of basal bodies (or centrioles).