Paramoeba

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Paramoeba /Par·amoe·ba/ (par″ah-me´bah) a genus of parasitic or free-living ameboid protozoa.

Paramoeba

cause of amebic gill disease in salmonids.

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amebic gray crab disease			Many theories about the cause have been put forth, including pesticide applications, effluents from sewage treatment plants, dredging sediment, ecological and climatic factors, and infection by a parasitic paramoeba species. A shell of their former selves by Frasca, Salvatore, Jr.; Smolowitz, Roxanna / USA Today (Magazine) A paramoeba infection is suspected but the predisposing factors are unknown (Van Patten and French 2000). A Review of Marine Major Ecological Disturbances by McKay, Bruce; Mulvaney, Kieran / Endangered Species Update They found a Paramoeba parasite (a single-celled, microscopic organism that lives off other creatures) swimming in hundreds of samples taken from dead lobsters. Lobster Graveyard by Dyer, Nicole / Science World			parameatal Paramecium paramedian paramedic paramedical paramedical personnel paramenia paramesonephric paramesonephric duct parameter paramethadione paramethasone Parametorchis parametria parametrial parametric parametric 1 parametric 2 parametric imaging parametric statistics parametritis parametrium paramimia paramitome paramnesia Paramoeba Paramonostomum paramorphine paramphistomes paramphistomiasis paramphistomosis Paramphistomum paramucin paramyloid paramyloidosis paramyoclonus paramyotonia paramyotonic syndromes Paramyxoviridae Paramyxovirinae paramyxovirus paranal sacs Paranaplasma paranasal paranasal sinus paranasal sinuses paraneoplasia paraneoplastic paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration paraneoplastic syndrome paraneoplastic syndromes			paramilitary paramilitary Paramilitary death squad paramilitary force paramilitary force Paramilitary Forces Paramilitary Forces paramilitary organisation paramilitary organization Paramilitary organizations Paramilitary organizations Paramilitary organizations paramilitary unit paramilitary unit paramimia Paraminosalicylic acid Paraminosalicylic acid Paramiographer Paramisium Paramisium Paramisium Paramitome Paramitome paraML paramnesia paramnesia paramo paramo Páramo Páramo Paramoeba paramoecium paramoecium paramoecium paramoeciums paramoeciums paramoeciums Paramonostomum Paramore Consulting, Inc. paramorph paramorph paramorphic paramorphic paramorphine paramorphine paramorphine paramorphism paramorphism paramorphous paramorphous paramos paramos paramount paramount paramount paramount Paramount Canada's Wonderland Paramount Communications Paramount Construction, Inc. Paramount Digital Entertainment Paramount Energy Operating Corp.

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