Amoeba Identification Lab

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Entamoeba histolytica in trophozoite stage

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what is the SIZE of Entamoeba histolytica in trophozoite stage?

18-25 μm

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what is the SIZE of Entamoeba coli in trophozoite stage?

15-50 μm

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what is the SIZE of Endolimax nana in trophozoite stage?

6-15 μm

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what is the SIZE of Iodamoeba butschlii in trophozoite stage?

4-20 μm

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what is the CYTOPLASM of Entamoeba histolytica in trophozoite stage?

finely granular, non-vacuolated, ingested RBCs

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what is the CYTOPLASM of Entamoeba coli in trophozoite stage?

coarsely granular, vacuolated, bacteria, yeast-ingested

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what is the CYTOPLASM of Endolimax nana in trophozoite stage?

clear and finely granular, bacterial inclusions

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what is the CYTOPLASM of Iodamoeba butschlii in trophozoite stage?

finely granular, bacterial inclusions

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what is the NUCLEUS of Entamoeba histolytica in trophozoite stage?

central endosome

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what is the NUCLEUS of Entamoeba coli in trophozoite stage?

eccentric endosome

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what is the NUCLEUS of Endolimax nana in trophozoite stage?

deeply stained endosome

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what is the NUCLEUS of Iodamoeba butschlii in trophozoite stage?

deeply stained endosome

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Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage

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what is the SHAPE and SIZE of Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage?

roundish, 10-20 μm

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what is the SHAPE and SIZE of Entamoeba coli in cyst stage?

roundish, 10-33 μm

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what is the SHAPE and SIZE of Endolimax nana in cyst stage?

ovoid, 5-14 μm

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what is the SHAPE and SIZE of Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage?

irregular, 6-15 μm

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what is the NUMBER of NUCLEI of Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage?

4 (uninucleate cysts)

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what is the NUMBER of NUCLEI of Entamoeba coli in cyst stage?

8 (immature → 5/6 but more than E. histolytica)

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what is the NUMBER of NUCLEI of Endolimax nana in cyst stage?

4

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what is the NUMBER of NUCLEI of Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage?

1

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what is the STRUCTURE of NUCLEI of Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage?

same as in trophozoites (central endosome)

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what is the STRUCTURE of NUCLEI of Entamoeba coli in cyst stage?

same as in trophozoites (eccentric endosome)

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what is the STRUCTURE of NUCLEI of Endolimax nana in cyst stage?

same as in trophozoites (deeply stained endosome)

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what is the STRUCTURE of NUCLEI of Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage?

same as in trophozoites (deeply stained endosome)

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are there chromatoidal bodies PRESENT in Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage?

yes

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are there chromatoidal bodies PRESENT in Entamoeba coli in cyst stage?

yes

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are there chromatoidal bodies PRESENT in Endolimax nana in cyst stage?

no

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are there chromatoidal bodies PRESENT in Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage?

no

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are there glycogen mass (in iodine) PRESENT in Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage?

diffuse in young cysts

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are there glycogen mass (in iodine) PRESENT in Entamoeba coli in cyst stage?

large in young cysts

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are there glycogen mass (in iodine) PRESENT in Endolimax nana in cyst stage?

sometimes present in young cysts

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are there glycogen mass (in iodine) PRESENT in Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage?

often large and sharply delimited

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Entamoeba coli in trophozoite stage

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Entamoeba histolytica in cyst stage

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Endolimax nana in trophozoite stage

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Endolimax nana in cyst stage

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Iodamoeba butschlii in trophozoite stage

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Iodamoeba butschlii in cyst stage