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  2. Amoeba - Wikipedia

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    Clockwise from top right: Amoeba proteus, Actinophrys sol, Acanthamoeba sp., Nuclearia thermophila., Euglypha acanthophora, neutrophil ingesting bacteria. An amoeba (/ ə ˈ m iː b ə /; less commonly spelled ameba or amœba; pl.: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae) / ə ˈ m iː b i /), [1] often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability ...

  3. Amoebozoa - Wikipedia

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    An amoeba of the genus Mayorella (Amoebozoa, Discosea). Amoebozoa is a large and diverse group, but certain features are common to many of its members. The amoebozoan cell is typically divided into a granular central mass, called endoplasm, and a clear outer layer, called ectoplasm.

  4. Intracellular digestion - Wikipedia

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    Most organisms that use intracellular digestion belong to Kingdom Protista, such as amoeba and paramecium. Amoeba. Amoeba uses pseudopodia to capture food for nutrition in a process called phagocytosis. Paramecium. Paramecium uses cilia in the oral groove to bring food into the mouth pore which goes to the gullet. At the end of the gullet, a ...

  5. Amoeba (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Amoeba proteus has one contractile vacuole which slowly fills with water from the cytoplasm (diastole), then, while fusing with the cell membrane, quickly contracts (systole), releasing water to the outside by exocytosis. This process regulates the amount of water present in the cytoplasm of the amoeba.

  6. Protist locomotion - Wikipedia

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    Amoebas (amoeboids) Pseudopods (Greek for false feet) are lobe-like appendages which amoebas use to anchor to a solid surface and pull themselves forward. They can change their shape by extending and retracting these pseudopods. [14] Amoeba: Found in every major protist lineage. Amoeboid cells occur among the protozoans, but also in the algae ...

  7. Brain-eating amoeba found in New Orleans area water system - AOL

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    St. Bernard Parish, La. (WGNO) –- The quality control chief for St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Jacob Groby, says that an amoeba scare has a connection to Hurricane Katrina. Groby says the ...

  8. Marine protists - Wikipedia

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    Amoebas (amoeboids) Pseudopods (Greek for false feet) are lobe-like appendages which amoebas use to anchor to a solid surface and pull themselves forward. They can change their shape by extending and retracting these pseudopods. [43] Amoeba: Found in every major protist lineage. Amoeboid cells occur among the protozoans, but also in the algae ...

  9. Brain-eating amoeba that thrives in warm conditions detected ...

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    Public officials are in the process of eliminating Naegleria Fowleri, a brain-eating amoeba, from two drinking water supplies in Louisiana. Naegleria Fowleri was detected during routine tests last ...