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Origin and evolution of the worldwide distributed pathogenic amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…► Based on the ITS1 and 5.8S rDNA sequences eight types of Naegleria fowleri have been detected. ► Of these eight types only four have been identified until…”
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Survey of Naegleria fowleri in geothermal recreational waters of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) by Moussa, Mirna, De Jonckheere, Johan F, Guerlotté, Jérôme, Richard, Vincent, Bastaraud, Alexandra, Romana, Marc, Talarmin, Antoine

“…In 2008 a fatal case of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, due to the amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri, occurred in Guadeloupe, French West Indies, after a…”
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What do we know by now about the genus Naegleria? by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…[Display omitted] •Naegleria fowleri produces primary amoebic encephalitis in man.•Naegleria australiensis and N. italica produce disease in experimental…”
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Naegleria genus pangenome reveals new structural and functional insights into the versatility of these free-living amoebae by Dereeper, Alexis, Allouch, Nina, Guerlais, Vincent, Garnier, Maëlle, Ma, Laurence, De Jonckheere, Johan F, Joseph, Sandeep J, Ali, Ibne Karim M, Talarmin, Antoine, Marcelino, Isabel

“…Free-living amoebae of the genus belong to the major protist clade Heterolobosea and are ubiquitously distributed in soil and freshwater habitats. Of the 47…”
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Lipids Are the Preferred Substrate of the Protist Naegleria gruberi, Relative of a Human Brain Pathogen by Bexkens, Michiel L., Zimorski, Verena, Sarink, Maarten J., Wienk, Hans, Brouwers, Jos F., De Jonckheere, Johan F., Martin, William F., Opperdoes, Fred R., van Hellemond, Jaap J., Tielens, Aloysius G.M.

“…Naegleria gruberi is a free-living non-pathogenic amoeboflagellate and relative of Naegleria fowleri, a deadly pathogen causing primary amoebic…”
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Amoebae as potential environmental hosts for Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycobacteria, but doubtful actors in Buruli ulcer epidemiology by Gryseels, Sophie, Amissah, Diana, Durnez, Lies, Vandelannoote, Koen, Leirs, Herwig, De Jonckheere, Johan, Silva, Manuel T, Portaels, Françoise, Ablordey, Anthony, Eddyani, Miriam

“…The reservoir and mode of transmission of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, remain unknown. Ecological, genetic and epidemiological…”
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Soil is the origin for the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the thermal recreational waters by Moussa, Mirna, Tissot, Océane, Guerlotté, Jérôme, De Jonckheere, Johan F, Talarmin, Antoine

“…Naegleria fowleri is found in most geothermal baths of Guadeloupe and has been responsible for the death of a 9-year-old boy who swam in one of these baths in…”
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Phylogenetic Relationships, Divergence Time Estimation, and Global Biogeographic Patterns of Calopterygoid Damselflies (Odonata, Zygoptera) Inferred from Ribosomal DNA Sequences by Dumont, Henri J., Vanfleteren, Jacques R., De Jonckheere, Johan F., Weekers, Peter H. H., Kjer, Karl

“…The calopterygoid superfamily (Calopterygidae + Hetaerinidae) is composed of more than twenty genera in two families: the Calopterygidae (at least 17) and the…”
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Short-term sequence evolution and vertical inheritance of the Naegleria twin-ribozyme group I intron by Wikmark, Odd-Gunnar, Einvik, Christer, De Jonckheere, Johan F, Johansen, Steinar D

“…Ribosomal DNA of several species of the free-living Naegleria amoeba harbors an optional group I intron within the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA gene…”
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Occurrence of Free-Living Amoebae in Communities of Low and High Endemicity for Buruli Ulcer in Southern Benin by Eddyani, Miriam, De Jonckheere, Johan F, Durnez, Lies, Suykerbuyk, Patrick, Leirs, Herwig, Portaels, Françoise

“…Buruli ulcer or Mycobacterium ulcerans disease occurs mainly in areas in proximity to standing or slowly running freshwater, habitats in which free-living…”
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Isolation and molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the genus Naegleria from Arctic and sub-Antarctic regions by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…Twenty-three freshwater samples with sediment taken from two regions in the Arctic, Spitzbergen and Greenland, and one region in sub-Antarctica, Ile de la…”
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A New Thermophilic Heterolobosean Amoeba, Fumarolamoeba ceborucoi, gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated Near a Fumarole at a Volcano in Mexico by De Jonckheere, Johan F, Murase, Jun, Opperdoes, Fred R

“…An amoeba was isolated from a soil sample collected at the edge of a fumarole of the volcano Ceboruco in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. The trophozoites of this…”
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The impact of man on the occurrence of the pathogenic free-living amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri by De Jonckheere, Johan F

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The isolation of Naegleria italica from Peru indicates that this potentially pathogenic species occurs worldwide by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…The amoeboflagellate genus Naegleria includes a few species that are virulent in experimental animals. One of these species, Naegleria italica, has been…”
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Isolation and Molecular Typing of Naegleria fowleri from the Brain of a Cow That Died of Primary Amebic Meningoencephalitis by VISVESVARA, Govinda S, DE JONCKHEERE, Johan F, SRIRAM, Rama, DAFT, Barbara

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Heterogeneity in the genus Allovahlkampfia and the description of the new genus Parafumarolamoeba (Vahlkampfiidae; Heterolobosea) by Geisen, Stefan, Bonkowski, Michael, Zhang, Junling, De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…Heterolobosean amoebae are common and diverse members of soil protist communities. In this study, we isolated seven strains of amoebae from soil samples taken…”
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Isolation of a new heterolobosean amoeba from a rice field soil: Vrihiamoeba italica gen. nov., sp. nov by Murase, Jun, Kawasaki, Michio, De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…A heterolobosean amoeba strain 6_5F was isolated from an Italian rice field soil. Although 18S rRNA gene sequence analysis demonstrated that the new isolate…”
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Molecular Definition and the Ubiquity of Species in the Genus Naegleria by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…To investigate the variability within species of the genus Naegleria, the ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 rDNA were sequenced of several strains of N. lovaniensis and its…”
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Fatal disseminated Acanthamoeba lenticulata infection in a heart transplant patient by Barete, Stéphane, Combes, Alain, de Jonckheere, Johan F, Datry, Annick, Varnous, Shaïda, Martinez, Valérie, Ptacek, Sara García, Caumes, Eric, Capron, Frédérique, Francès, Camille, Gibert, Claude, Chosidow, Olivier

“…We report a fatal case of disseminated acanthamebiasis caused by Acanthamoeba lenticulata (genotype T5) in a 39-year-old heart transplant recipient. The…”
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Molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the Vahlkampfiidae and Acanthamoebidae isolated in Arizona (USA) by De Jonckheere, Johan F.

“…Sediment samples from rivers, canals and lakes in Arizona (USA) were cultured for free-living amoebae at three different incubation temperatures (22, 37 and 40…”
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