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ameba

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ameba /ame·ba/ (ah-me´bah) pl. ame´bae, amebas   [L.] a minute protozoan (class Rhizopoda, subphylum Sarcodina), occurring as a single-celled nucleated mass of protoplasm that changes shape by extending cytoplasmic processes (pseudopodia), by means of which it moves about and absorbs food; most amebae are free-living but some parasitize humans.ame´bic
a·me·ba or amoeba (-mb)
n. pl. a·me·bas or a·me·bae (-b)
A protozoa of the genus Amoeba and of related genera, occurring in soil and water and parasitic in animals.

ameba
pl. amobae, amobas [L.] a minute protozoan. The common laboratory example is Amoeba proteus.


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Testing for Balamuthia DNA was also included because this ameba can cause GAE (2).
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