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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 ...
Amoeba is a genus of single-celled amoeboids in the family Amoebidae. [2] The type species of the genus is Amoeba proteus , a common freshwater organism, widely studied in classrooms and laboratories.
Thecamoeba homeri is a species of amoeba belonging to the genus Thecamoeba, characterized by a central ovoid cell nucleus and prominent dorsal folds that run longitudinally across each cell. [3] In particular, T. homeri is unique due to exhibiting 'doughnut behavior'.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 November 2024. Genus of small ameboid protist that inhabits soil, freshwater, and marine environments Mayorella An unidentified Mayorella species Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Phylum: Amoebozoa Class: Discosea Order: Dermamoebida Family: Mayorellidae Schaeffer 1926 Genus: Mayorella ...
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.
Thecamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa with a tough pellicle simulating a shell.. It includes the species: T. aesculea Kudryavtsev & Hausmann 2009; T. assimilis Lepşi 1960; T. bilizi (Schaeffer 1926)
Lösch's organism was renamed Entamoeba histolytica by Fritz Schaudinn in 1903; he later died, in 1906, from a self-inflicted infection when studying this amoeba. For a time during the first half of the 20th century the entire genus Entamoeba was transferred to Endamoeba , a genus of amoebas infecting invertebrates about which little is known.
The Tubulinea are a major grouping of Amoebozoa, including most of the more familiar amoebae genera like Amoeba, Arcella, Difflugia and Hartmannella. Characteristics