amoebae in the PONS Dictionary

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Over 100,000 individual amoebae are attracted to one another through chemotaxis.
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The amoebae preserve their individuality and each amoeba has its own bacterium.
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The number of amoebae hasn't increased, i.e. there were two before fission, and there are the same two after fission.
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Amoebae spread by forming infective cysts which can be found in stools, and spread if whoever touches them does not sanitize their hands.
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Normally they have the form of small amoebae, with branching cytoplasmic extensions that capture prey and connect the cells together, forming a net.
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Of particular interest here is mimivirus, a giant virus that infects amoebae and encodes much of the molecular machinery traditionally associated with bacteria.
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These amoebae are usually 10-40 m in size, but some are smaller or larger.
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Like most amoebae, they are generally believed to reproduce asexually via binary fission.
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These unicellular amoebae are commonly haploid and multiply if they encounter their favorite food, bacteria.
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Similar life cycles have developed among certain amoebae, called cellular slime moulds.
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