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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. Amoeba (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Amoeba, like other unicellular eukaryotic organisms, reproduces asexually by mitosis and cytokinesis. Sexual phenomena have not been directly observed in Amoeba , although sexual exchange of genetic material is known to occur in other Amoebozoan groups. [ 15 ]

  4. 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.

  5. Chaos (genus) - Wikipedia

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    Chaos is a genus of single-celled amoeboid organisms in the family Amoebidae.The largest and most-known species, the so-called "giant amoeba" (Chaos carolinensis), can reach lengths up to 5 mm, although most specimens fall between 1 and 3 mm. [3] [4] [5]

  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. Unicellular organism - Wikipedia

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    While protozoa reproduce mainly asexually, some protozoa are capable of sexual reproduction. [33] ... Gromia sphaerica, amoeba, 5 to 38 mm (0.2 to 1 in) [61]

  8. Dictyostelium discoideum - Wikipedia

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    Life cycle. Dictyostelium discoideum is a species of soil-dwelling amoeba belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa, infraphylum Mycetozoa.Commonly referred to as slime mold, D. discoideum is a eukaryote that transitions from a collection of unicellular amoebae into a multicellular slug and then into a fruiting body within its lifetime.

  9. Symbiosis in Amoebozoa - Wikipedia

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    Many of these amoeba-resistant microorganisms (ARMs) survive either in the amoeba cytoplasm or in host derived vacuoles surrounded by plasma membrane, [6] allowing them to not only avoid digestion, but actively reproduce inside their host with some are capable of lysing the amoeba host cell. [7]