Tag: amoeba

One of the world’s most dangerous water-borne microorganisms, commonly called a "brain-eating amoeba", has recently been detected in two drinking water supplies in south-west Queensland. Both affected towns are about 750 kilometres west of Brisbane: Augathella (population roughly 300) and Charleville (population 3,000). During an analysis of water samples commissioned by Queensland Health, Naegleria fowleri