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==Description and Significance==
==Description and Significance==
''Entamoeba histolytica'' is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan. This parasite infects predominantly humans and other primates. ''E. histolytica'' can infect dogs and cats, but these animals do not contribute significantly to transmission since they usually do not produce cysts.
''Entamoeba histolytica'' is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan that infects predominantly humans and other primates. ''E. histolytica'' can infect dogs and cats, but these animals do not contribute significantly to transmission since they usually do not produce cysts. Cysts are the viable form of the parasite outside the host.

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A Microbial Biorealm page on the genus Entamoeba histolytica

Classification

Higher order taxa

Cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Amoebozoa; Archamoebae; Entamoeba

Species

Entamoeba histolytica

NCBI: [1] Taxonomy

Description and Significance

Entamoeba histolytica is an anaerobic parasitic protozoan that infects predominantly humans and other primates. E. histolytica can infect dogs and cats, but these animals do not contribute significantly to transmission since they usually do not produce cysts. Cysts are the viable form of the parasite outside the host.