Tag: Naegleria fowleri

Episodes

TWiP 115: The Cuscuta Factor

August 27, 2016
Tagged as: amoeba, brain eating amoeba, Cuscuta, dodder, eukaryote, holoparasite, Naegleria fowleri, parasite, parasitism, primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, stem holoparasite, tomato

The TWiPlets solve the sad case of the Boy Who Went Swimming, and explain why the tomato is resistant to the plant parasite Cuscuta.