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Protozoa :: sarcodic
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Amebas and their relatives. Most people know what an ameba looks like: blobby, with a shape that's always changing, kind of oozing along a surface. And, in fact, that's what a lot of amebas look like. |
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Amoeba The amoeba is a tiny, one-celled organism. You need a microscope to see most amoebas - the largest are only about 1 mm across. |
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Amoebic diseases Amoebic dysentery has been a great debilitator in times of war throughout the ages. Modern tourists often find they have picked up amoebic dysentery... |
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Rhizopod sarcodines The rhizopods (Superclass Rhizopoda of Phylum Sarcodina) comprise many types of protozoans, including the rhizopod amoebas, the entamoebas, the foraminiforans, and the testaceans. |
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