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Amoeba vs Acanthamoeba - What's the difference?

amoeba | acanthamoeba |

As proper nouns the difference between amoeba and acanthamoeba

is that amoeba is while acanthamoeba is .

amoeba

English

(wikipedia amoeba)

Alternative forms

* ameba,

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (biology) A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  • (mathematics) The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.

    • acanthamoeba

    English

    Noun

    (acanthamoebae)
  • Any amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba, found chiefly in soil. Brown, Lesley, ed. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=May 28, author=Lawrence K. Altman, title=Outbreak of Eye Infections Puzzles Officials, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=They have also advised people to throw out their current contact lenses and the lens storage cases because they may harbor the acanthamoeba parasite. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "acanthamoeba")

    References