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    The amoeba is a single-celled organism classified as protist that lives in freshwater habitats and can change shape using pseudopodia, feeds through endocytosis, and reproduces asexually through binary fission.

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    The amoeba is a single-celled organism classified as protist that lives in freshwater habitats and can change shape using pseudopodia, feeds through endocytosis, and reproduces asexually through binary fission.

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    Amoeba:

    Classification of Amoeba:

    The amoeboid cells only consist of a true single nucleus. So, it is neither classified as a
    plant or an animal and is generally mentioned among the Protista kingdom.

    Domain: Eukaryota

    Kingdom: Amoebozoa

    Phylum: Tubulinea

    Order: Tubulinida

    Family: Amoebidae

    Genus: Amoeba

    Species: Proteus, animalcule, dubia, animalcule

    Habitat:

     The habitat of amoebas consists of small areas of water such as freshwater pools, ponds,
    lakes, streams, and ditches.
     They can also be found in salt water.

    Fig: Amoeba
    General Characters:

     August Johann Rö sel von Rosenhof, a German naturalist was the first person to
    reference amoebae in 1755.
     The distinguishing feature of the amoeba is its ability to change shapes with the
    help of cytoplasmic extensions called pseudopodia.
     Pseudopodia, also called false feet, are tubular extensions that are rounded at the
    end and help in movement of the organism.
     The amoeba is made up of jellylike cytoplasm which differentiates to form a thin
    outer plasma membrane, a stiff layer of clear ectoplasm just inside the plasma
    membrane and a central endoplasm that is granular in nature.
     The endoplasm houses a granular nucleus, food vacuoles and a contractile
    vacuole.
     The amoeba possesses no mouth or anus.
     They feed by surrounding their cytoplasmic extensions around the food particle
    and then forming a vacuole. Enzymes are then secreted to digest the food
    particles.
     The contractile vacuole functions to remove excess water from the amoeba and
    thus maintain the osmotic pressure of the organism.
     The mode of reproduction is asexual and it divides by binary fission.
     The amoebas can survive in extreme environmental conditions by
    undergoing encystation. It is the phenomenon of secreting a cyst membrane all
    around by becoming circular and losing all water. The amoebas get back to their
    original shape once the surroundings improve.

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