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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 ...
The Amoebidae are a family of Amoebozoa, [1] including naked amoebae that produce multiple pseudopodia of indeterminate length. These are roughly cylindrical with granular endoplasm and no subpseudopodia, as found in other members of the class Tubulinea. During locomotion one pseudopod typically becomes dominant and the others are retracted as ...
E. thermarum as an example of adaptation to extreme environments [2] suggests that the evolution of thermophily in amoebae has occurred across multiple distantly related lineages, indicating that the amoeboid form may be particularly well-suited for high-temperature environments.
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.
Amoeboids or in general amoebae can refer to organisms in Amoebozoa, Heterolobosea (Percolozoa), Cercozoa, Foraminifera, Radiolarians and Nucleariida. Pages in category "Amoeboids" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The heterolobosean pathogen Naegleria fowleri can behave as an amoeba (center) or as a flagellate (right).. An amoeboflagellate (pl. amoeboflagellates) is any eukaryotic organism capable of behaving as an amoeba and as a flagellate at some point during their life cycle.
Breviatea, commonly known as breviate amoebae, [3] are a group of free-living, amitochondriate protists with uncertain phylogenetic position. [4] They are biflagellate, and can live in anaerobic (oxygen-free) environments. [4] [3] [5] They are currently placed in the Obazoa clade. [6] They likely do not possess vinculin proteins. [6]
Archamoebae are a diverse group of amoebae. Many have flagella for motility, while others do not. They grow in the absence of oxygen, though some can tolerate small amounts. Most described species of Archamoebae either lack mitochondria or are described to have reduced mitosomes. [2]