Western Australians are being warned about a deadly organism that can lurk in untreated or poorly treated water during a ...

Western Australians are being warned about a deadly organism that can lurk in untreated or poorly treated water during a heatwave, as the state swelters under scorching temperatures. Naegleria fowleri ...

Lastly, research on the free-living amoeba Pelomyxa schiedti has revealed ... our understanding of eukaryotic evolution. Eukaryotes: Organisms whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes ...

Residents in Western Australia have been warned about a rare infection which can result in death as a heatwave engulfs large ...

emphasizing the need for molecular data to accurately classify amoeboid organisms[4]. Furthermore, research on the protosteloid amoeba Microglomus paxillus expanded the known distribution of ...

A nasal rinse is a common practice to clear nasal passages, especially during cold, flu, and allergy seasons. Here's who can ...

Luminal amoebicides (such as paromomycin, diloxanide furoate and iodoquinol) act on organisms in the intestinal lumen, but are ineffective against organisms in tissue. Metronidazole (and other ...

Tests on the "mysterious balls" which led to the closure of several Australian beaches last week have revealed they were made up partially of faecal bacteria. Nine beaches in Sydney were closed by ...

A water quality expert has slammed the state of Sydney ’s swimming spots after dozens were found to regularly contain unsafe ...