CHAPTER III 



The Amoebae 



Classification. General Considerations and Morphol- 

 ogy. Methods of Examination for Amoebae. 



class: rhizopoda. 

 order: amoebida. 

 genus: endamoeba. 



species: E. histolytica. 

 E. coli. 

 E. gingivalis. 

 genus: endolimax. 



species: E.nana. 

 genus: iodamoeba. 



species: /. biitschlii. 

 genus: dientamoeba. 



species: D.fragilis. 



THE AMOEBAE (AMOEBIDAE). 



Of the order of Protozoa known as the Amoebidae, 

 there are four well recognized genera parasitic in the 

 alimentary tract of man, Endamoeba, Endolimax, 

 Iodamoeba, Dientamoeba, and there are others not 

 yet, I believe, sufficiently accepted, such as Council- 

 mania and Caudamoeba. The amoebae are those 



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