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Entamoeba is a genus of Amoebozoa found as internal parasites or commensals of animals. In 1875, Fedor Lösch described the first proven case of amoebic dysentery in St. Petersburg, Russia. He referred to the amoeba he observed microscopically as Amoeba coli; however, it is not clear whether he was using this as a descriptive term or intended ...
- Entamoeba, Casagrandi & Barbagallo, 1897
- Entamoebidae
Entamoeba paulista. (Show more) Entamoeba, protozoan genus of the rhizopodian order Amoebida. Most species are parasitic in the intestines of many vertebrates, including humans; E. histolytica is the cause of human amebic dysentery. The cell nucleus, which is distinctive for the genus, contains a central body, the endosome, and a ring of ...
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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. During locomotion one pseudopod typically becomes dominant and the others are retracted as ...
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Dec 10, 2014 · Introduction. The family Endamoebidae was originally established by Calkins (1926). The all member of Endamoebidae family (order: Amoebida) including: Endamoeba, Entamoeba, Iodamoeba and Endolimax are obligate symbiotic forms exception a species of Entamoeba, namely E. moshkovski found in sewage as free living amoeba but occasionally hosted by man (1, 2).
- Hossein Hooshyar, Parvin Rostamkhani, Mostafa Rezaeian
- 2015
Entamoeba are pseudopod-forming, protozoan parasites in the phylum Amoebozoa, class Archamoebae and family Entamoebidae. The genus Entamoeba consists of at least seven different species (E. histolytica, Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba hartmanni, Entamoeba polecki, Entamoeba dispar, Entamoeba moshkovskii, and Entamoeba bangladeshi) that are able to inhabit the human intestine and one (Entamoeba ...
Jul 21, 2021 · Entamoebidae. Definition. noun. ( taxonomy) A family of Archamoebae which includes species such as Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba coli, Endolimax spp., Iodamoeba spp., etc. Supplement. Entamoebidae is a taxonomic family of Class Archamoebae. The distinctive characteristic of Archamoebae is the absence of mitochondria.
