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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. Marine protists - Wikipedia

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    They can take advantage of different environmental conditions. [32] Recent studies of marine microzooplankton found 30–45% of the ciliate abundance was mixotrophic, and up to 65% of the amoeboid, foram and radiolarian biomass was mixotrophic. [5] Phaeocystis is an important algal genus found as part of the marine phytoplankton around

  4. Amoeboflagellate - Wikipedia

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    The heterolobosean pathogen Naegleria fowleri can behave as an amoeba (center) or as a flagellate (right).. An amoeboflagellate (‹The template Plural abbr is being considered for merging.› pl. amoeboflagellates) is any eukaryotic organism capable of behaving as an amoeba and as a flagellate at some point during their life cycle.

  5. Willaertia - Wikipedia

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    Willaertia is a thermophilic amoeba and has the capacity to grow in high temperatures, up to 44º Celsius. [3] While it can be found in a variety of locations, typically it lives in thermal swimming pools. [1]

  6. 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.

  7. Protist locomotion - Wikipedia

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    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 and the fungi. [15 ...

  8. 12-Year-Old Spent 22 Days in Coma with Brain-Eating Amoeba ...

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    Here, years after the headlines, Kali, now a 23-year-old secretary in Illinois and a mom to 1-year-old daughter Adalynn, tells her story of survival to PEOPLE’s Danielle Jenningsin her own words.

  9. Amoebidae - Wikipedia

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    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.