Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 22
Amoebozoa
“Because all of biology is connected, one can often make a breakthrough with an
organism that exaggerates a particular phenomenon, and later explore the
generality.”
Thomas R. Cech
Eukaryota
Bikonta (2-flagella)
Excavata
Metamonada (Chapter 16)
Discoba
Euglenozoa (Chapter 17)
Percolozoa (Chapter 18)
Archaeplastida (Chapter 24)
Chromalveolata (Chapters 19
21)
Alveolata
Apicomplexa (Chapter 19)
Ciliophora (ciliates) (Chapter 20)
Heterokontophyta (Chapter 21)
Unikonta (1-flagellum)
Amoebozoa (Chapter 22)
Lobosea
Discosea
Thecamoebidae
*Sappinia
Centramoebida
Acanthamoebidae
*Acanthamoeba
*Balamuthia
Conosa
Archamoebae
Pelobiontida
*Entamoeba
