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Amoeba proteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota;
Kingdom:	Amoebozoa;
Phylum:	Tubulinea;
Order:	Tubulinida;
Family:	Amoebidae;
Genus:	Amoeba;
Species:	A. proteus;
Binomial name
	Amoeba proteus;

Amoeba proteus, previously Chaos diffluens, is an amoeba closely related to the giant amoebae.

This small protozoan uses tentacular protuberances called pseudopodia to move and phagocytosize smaller unicellular organisms, which are enveloped inside the cell's cytoplasm in a food vacuole,^[1] where they are slowly broken down by enzymes. Amoeba proteus is very well-known for its extending pseudopodia.

A. proteus possesses a nucleus containing granular chromatin, and is therefore a eukaryote.

[edit] References

^ Nishihara E, Shimmen T, Sonobe S (December 2004). "Functional characterization of contractile vacuole isolated ball sack from Amoeba proteus". Cell Struct. Funct. 29 (4): 85–90. PMID 15665503. http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/csf/29.85?from=PubMed.

[edit] See also

Amoeba

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[pmid15665503-0] Nishihara E, Shimmen T, Sonobe S (December 2004). "Functional characterization of contractile vacuole isolated ball sack from Amoeba proteus". Cell Struct. Funct. 29 (4): 85–90. PMID 15665503. http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/csf/29.85?from=PubMed.

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