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Hartmannella

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Hart·man·nel·la (härtm-nl)
n.
A free-living ameba commonly found in soil, sewage, and water and known to invade invertebrates such as snails and oysters; it is considered to be a causative agent of primary amebic meningoencephalitis.

Hartmannella
a protozoan parasite, free-living and thought not to be pathogenic, although they were at one time listed as being so.


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Legionella pneumophila associated with the protozoan Hartmannella vermiformis in a model multi-species biofilm has reduced susceptibility to disinfectants.
59) demonstrated the colonization and subsequent predation of heterotrophic biofilms by Hartmannella vermiformis, a free-living protozoon.
Intrapulmonary Hartmannella vermiformis: a potential niche for Legionella pneumophila replication in a murine model of legionellosis.
 
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