Vahlkampfiidae
Naegleria fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Heterolobosea
Order:	Schizopyrenida
Family:	Vahlkampfiidae
Genera[1][2][3]
Tetramitus Vahlkampfia

Vahlkampfiidae is a family ofHeterolobosea.^[4]

It includes the following genera:^[1]

• Tetramitus
• Vahlkampfia

It formerly included the following genera:^[1][2][3]

• Willaertia (moved toNaegleriidae)
• Monopylocystis (moved toPsalteriomonadidae)
• Naegleria (moved to Naegleriidae)
• Paravahlkampfia (not assigned to family as of 2025^[update])
• Psalteriomonas (moved to Psalteriomonadidae)
• Sawyeria (synonymized withPsalteriomonas)

• Gruberellidae

• Garstecki, Tobias; Brown, Susan; De Jonckheere, Johan (29 April 2005). "Description of Vahlkampfia signyensis n. sp. (Heterolobosea), based on morphological, ultrastructural and molecular characteristics".European Journal of Protistology.41 (2):119–127.doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2005.01.003.
• Hinkle, Gregory; Sogin, Mitchell L. (September 1993). "The Evolution of the Vahlkampfiidae as Deduced from 16S-like Ribosomal RNA Analysis".Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology.40 (5):599–603.doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06114.x.PMID 8401474.
• De Jonckheere, Johan (January 2007). "Molecular identification of free-living amoebae of the Vahlkampfiidae and Acanthamoebidae isolated in Arizona (USA)".European Journal of Protistology.43 (1):9–15.doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2006.09.001.PMID 17222746.

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