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entamoeba: [noun] any of a genus (Entamoeba) of amoebas parasitic in vertebrates and including one (E. histolytica) that causes amebic dysentery in humans.
Acanthamoeba is a genus of amoebae that are commonly recovered from soil, fresh water, and other habitats . The genus Acanthamoeba has two stages in its life cycle, the metabolically active trophozoite stage and a dormant, stress-resistant cyst stage. In nature, Acanthamoeba species are generally free-living bacterivores.
Iodamoeba buetschlii is a species of amoeba. [1] It gets its name from its appearance when stained with iodine. [2] Named for Otto Bütschli by Prowazek in 1912, Iodamoeba buetschlii is a nonpathogenic parasitic ameba, commonly found in the large intestines of people, pigs and other mammals. The distribution of I. buetschlii is worldwide.
Entamoeba histolytica har vanligen fyra cellkärnor i varje cysta. [ 2] Amöbadysenteri kallas den infektionssjukdom som orsakas av E. histolytica i tarmen. Symptomen är framför allt diarré och kräkningar. [ 3] Sjukdomen är vanligast i tropiska och fattiga delar av världen, till exempel Asien, Afrika och Sydamerika. [ 2]
Amoebic liver abscess. Amoebic hepatic abscess. Gross pathology of liver containing amoebic abscess. Specialty. Infectious diseases. A amoebic liver abscess is a type of liver abscess caused by amebiasis. [1] It is the involvement of liver tissue by trophozoites of the organism Entamoeba histolytica and of its abscess due to necrosis.
Pseudopodia. Amoeba proteus extending lobose pseudopodia. A pseudopod or pseudopodium ( pl.: pseudopods or pseudopodia) is a temporary arm-like projection of a eukaryotic cell membrane that is emerged in the direction of movement. Filled with cytoplasm, pseudopodia primarily consist of actin filaments and may also contain microtubules and ...
Trophozoite. A trophozoite (G. trope, nourishment + zoon, animal) is the activated, feeding stage in the life cycle of certain protozoa such as malaria -causing Plasmodium falciparum and those of the Giardia group. [1] The complementary form of the trophozoite state is the thick-walled cyst form.
