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cyst

Image of Heteramoeba

Description:

Heteramoeba (het-err-a-me-ba) a naked heterolobose amoeba, distinguished from other types of naked amoebae with lobose pseudopodia largely by ultrastructural features, but trophic heterolobose amoebae tend to form their pseudopodially suddenly rather than progressively. This is a cyst. Phase contrast.

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David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler, Mike Peglar and Tom Nerad
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