naturalists referred to Amoeba as the Proteus animalcule after the Greek godProteus who could change his shape. The name "amibe" was given to it by Bory de Saint-Vincent,[3] from the Greek amoibè (αμοιβή), meaning change.[4]
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There are not any listed nicknames for amoeba. They are unicellular organisms that do not have a certain shape and that belong to the protozoa kingdom.
eukaryote
There are several types of amoeba, including the common amoeba called Amoeba proteus, which can be found in freshwater environments. Other types of amoeba include Entamoeba histolytica, which is a parasite that can cause amoebic dysentery, and Naegleria fowleri, a pathogenic amoeba that can cause a rare and fatal brain infection called primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
Amoeba cells are still known as amoebas in modern science. Amoebas belong to a group of single-celled organisms called protists.
Amoeba has asexual reproduction.The mode is called binary fission.
An amoeba is a type of single-celled organism belonging to the phylum Amoebozoa. It is classified as a protist, specifically a unicellular eukaryote.