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Lobosea: Gymnamoebia: Amoebida: Amoebidae

Amoeba proteus
(Pallas, 1766) Leidy 1878 or Leidy, 1879

Genus: Pseudopods do not meld at bases during polypodial locomotion; pseudopods ridged; uninucleate (Illustrated Guide, 1985).
Species: Monopodal, 300-600 μm long; pseudopods, cylindroid, granular, with clear caps, longitudinal ridges; uroid, temporary, morulate; nucleus, discoid to polymorphic, often biconcave, 30-35 μm diam (Illustrated Guide, 1985). Up to 600 μm or more; one discoid nucleus, 30 μm, sometimes folded (How to know the protozoa, 1979).
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Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
strain A-2
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
strain B-2
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
strain SU4
Ibaraki, 199?
Amoeba proteus
strain SU2
Ibaraki, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Okinawa, 199?
Amoeba proteus
strain 97D
Uruguay, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
Japan, 199?
Amoeba
Intact cells
Sendabori
Chiba, 2002
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
water reservoir
near Yamaguchi Univ.
Yamaguchi, 2004
Intact cells
cell μm
Japan, xxxx
Amoeba proteus
Feeding
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Star formation
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Cell division
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Cell division
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Silver-stained
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
heat-extracted
Japan, 199?
Amoeba proteus
Abnormal ?
Japan, 199?
Amoeba
Intact cells
Tsukuba
Ibaraki, 2002
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
μm
Omine-numa
Tsukiyono
Gunma, 2003
Amoeba proteus
Intact cells
μm
Kawatabi
Narugo
Miyagi, 2003
Amoeba
A. proteus ?
μm
Obihiro-Hasshonochi
Obihiro
Hokkaido, 2005
Amoeba proteus
A. proteus
600 x 70 μm
Akebono marsh
Tsuchiyu-onsen
Fukushima, 2005
xxxx
A. proteus
μm
Shimo-no-koike
Shiga highland
Nagano, 2007

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Amoeba proteus
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