Phylum of protozoa, including amoebas and flagellates (such as trypanosomes and giardia).
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- Protist Images: Mastigophora Provides a classification of these flagellates with images of a number of individual species. English and Japanese.
- Mastigophora: Flagellates that Move with a Whip Illustrations and information on about ten of these protists which include Chlamydomonas, Volvox and Euglena.
- Sarcodina: Move with pseudopodia Illustrations and information on several species including amoeba, with microscopic images of many of them.
- Giardia lamblia Information from Wikipedia on this protozoan parasite that inhabits the gut, its life cycle, how the infection manifests itself and how it can be prevented and treated.
- Amoeba Article from Wikipedia on this single-celled organism, its habitat, anatomy and reaction to outside stimuli such as changes in salinity.
- Amoebas are More than Just Blobs Article by Wim van Egmond on the humble Amoeba, how to find and identify it, its behavior, locomotion and feeding, with many fine photographs.
- Sun Animalcules and Amoebas Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these organisms with several excellent photographs.
- An Interesting Amoeba: Naegleria Photograph and information on this pathogenic species.
- Testate Amoebae, Peat Bogs and Past Climates Photographic article by Graeme Swindles on the testate amoeba fossils to be found in core samples of peat, and the deductions that can be made about the climate.
- Voracious Soil Amoebae Image gallery of amoebae with large appetites, enveloping algae and other prey larger than themselves.
- Actinophrys Photographic study by Chitchai Chantangsi of this member of the Heliozoa, or sun animalcules.
- Trichomonas vaginalis Photomicrographs of this organism.
- Trichomonas vaginalis Research project by Mary Strous at the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse.
- Amoeba Photographs and information on these simple single-celled organisms.
- MicrobeWiki: Ameba Description and significance, genome structure, cell structure, metabolism and ecology.
- Giardiasis Information on Giardia intestinalis (or Giardia lamblia) which is a human pathogen, and diagrams and information on the life cycle of this protozoan flagellate.
- Amebiasis Information on Entamoeba histolytica which is a human pathogen, with diagrams and information on its life cycle.