Eight species of small filose free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba) which typically produce
refractile cysts were studied after growth on bacterized agar media. Species of four other …

Filamoeba nolandi ng, n. sp., is a freshwater amoeba with clear, filose, sometimes branching
pseudopods produced from a hyaline zone. The actively locomotive amoeba has various …

Ten strains of Acanthamoeba from freshwater habitats were isolated in clonal cultures.
Studies were made of trophic structure, nuclear division, cyst structure, some aspects of …

A study was made of the ultrastructure of 3 species of Naegleria and 3 of Acanthamoeba (A.
castellanii, A. culbertsoni, and A. astronyxis). The trophozoites of the 3 species of Naegleria …

A new species of Acanthamoeba was isolated from a culture of an established line of human
choriocarcinoma cells. The identification of this strain, originally called the Oak Ridge strain …

Seven species of limax amoebae were isolated into clonal, monoxenic cultures with
Aerobacter aerogenes from material collected from freshwater habitats. Studies were made …

Comparative studies were conducted on the structure, nutrition, protein composition,
immunology, and effect on cell cultures of Acanthamoeba sp.(Lilly A‐1 strain), A. castellanii …

A new non-motile member of the Aconchulinida is described and compared with two other
members Nuclearia and Vampyrella. A new family, Nucleariidae, is proposed for filose …

The classification of the amebas' is peculiar in that two methods of species determination are
followed. The larger amebas are classified according to the characteristics possessed by the …

A new family, the Echinamoebidae, is proposed within the order Amoebida (Protozoa,
Sarcodina) for amoebae producing finely-pointed, non-anastomosing pseudopodia. Within …