Entamoeba histolytica
Common Name: Entamoeba histolytica
Scientific Name: Entamoeba histolytica
Phylum: Ameobozoa
Class: Archamoebae
Other Taxonomy: Order: Amoebida Genus: Entamoeba
Specimen #:1
Circumstance: Found online
Specimen Condition: Presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Predominantly infecting humans and other primates, E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: cysts survive outside the host in water, in soils, and on foods, especially under moist conditions on the latter.
Relationship with humans: Entamoeba histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. Previously, it was thought that 10% of the world population was infected, but these figures predate the recognition that at least 90% of these infections were due to a second species.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entamoeba_histolytica
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/amebiasis/
Scientific Name: Entamoeba histolytica
Phylum: Ameobozoa
Class: Archamoebae
Other Taxonomy: Order: Amoebida Genus: Entamoeba
Specimen #:1
Circumstance: Found online
Specimen Condition: Presumed dead
Location: Unknown (online)
Typical Habitat: Predominantly infecting humans and other primates, E. histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide
Invasive? Not an invasive species
Natural area of growth: cysts survive outside the host in water, in soils, and on foods, especially under moist conditions on the latter.
Relationship with humans: Entamoeba histolytica is estimated to infect about 50 million people worldwide. Previously, it was thought that 10% of the world population was infected, but these figures predate the recognition that at least 90% of these infections were due to a second species.
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entamoeba_histolytica
http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/amebiasis/