Review Article

Free-Living Amoebas in Extreme Environments: The True Survival in our Planet

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Free-living amoeba life cycle diagram. (a) Structure of the cyst, composed of three-layer: endocyst, mesocyst, and ectocyst. The presence of layer mesocyst is dependent on the genus. The trophozoite is the metabolically active vegetative form. (b) Diagram of environments where FLA can be found, created with http://BioRender.com/.
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