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ameba

Any of a number of one-celled organisms, especially of the genus Amoeba, that move and feed by extensions of their colorless gelatinous protoplasm. They reproduce by binary fission. Some members of the genus Entamoeba are harmful parasites.



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Diagnosis was made by identification of amebas in brain sections by immunofluorescence analysis and confirmed by demonstrating Acanthamoeba mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene DNA in brain tissue sections.
Acanthamoeba encephalitis in patient with systemic lupus, India by Visvesvara, Govinda S. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
, and Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus, may be associated with amebas (11-13).
Ameba-associated microorganisms and diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
and other bacteria are associated with free-living amebas in natural and hospital aquatic environments (2).
Mimivirus in pneumonia patients by Raoult, Didier / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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