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Can you get naegleria fowleri from soil that has not been in water or is this only found in water environments? just curious?
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Only water: Naegleria fowleri is a free-living, thermophilic excavate form of protist typically found in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes, rivers, and hot springs. This organism can not survive in the absence of water.
Answered 10/27/2017
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