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- The cyst is typically 10 to 35 μm in diameter and is a colorless spherical shape. Their cytoplasm is still granular, but the vacuoles are absent. In the binucleate state, the glycogen vacuole is formed. The most distinguishing feature of the Entamoeba coli is the eight-core nuclei, which develops as the cyst begins to mature.
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Aug 23, 2023 · Entamoeba coli, similar to other Entamoeba specifies, has three distinct morphological forms: trophozoite, pre-cystic stage, and cystic stage. The trophozoite form, which measures 20 to 25 μm, is minimally mobile. [23]
E. coli cysts in concentrated wet mounts. Cysts of Entamoeba coli are usually spherical but may be elongated and measure 10–35 µm. Mature cysts typically have 8 nuclei but may have as many as 16 or more.
The cysts and trophozoites of E. coli can be distinguished from those of the pathogenic E. histolytica on the basis of nuclear morphology and cyst size. Whereas E. histolytica cysts usually have fewer than five nuclei and are 10–15 µm in diameter, the cysts of E. coli are greater than 15 µm and often have five to eight nuclei. 179–181
The life cycle of E. histolytica consists of an infectious quadri-nucleate cyst and an invasive trophozoite form. The infectious cyst form is 10 to 16 μm in diameter and contains four, in mature cysts, or fewer nuclei, in immature forms ( Figure 263-1A ).
E. coli has cysts in size up to 10 to 35 micrometers, the shape is irregular, oval with a shell-like appearance that is more uniformed compared to E. histolytica, and has up to eight nuclei in the cyst compared to the four nuclei of E. histolytica.
Parasitic amoebae of the genus Entamoeba are transmitted from one host to another as cysts. The active amoeboid forms are so adapted to life within their particular hosts that, outside the host, they soon die, but encysted stages survive conditions fatal to the unprotected amoebae.