It's a hot day and you're at the lake, the first thing you think of is jumping in the water! However,It doesn't happen often, most summers, several Americans ,usually healthy young people, suffer sudden tragic deaths from a brain-eating amoeba (Brain-Eating Amoeba (Naegleria Fowleri): Causes and Symptoms." WebMD. WebMD, n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2014.). An amoeba is a freshwater ,marine ,parasitic, one-celled protozoa of the order amoebida. ("Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Apr. 2014. Web. 09 Dec. 2014.) Ameoba's are categorized by a granular nucleus surrounded by a jellylike mass of cytoplasm that forms temporary extensions called pseudopodia by which the organism moves,engulfs food particles, and forms food vacuole s.
Pseudopodia is the greek word for"false feet".("Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 Apr. 2014. Web. 09 Dec. 2014.) Pseudopodia are temporary projections of Eukaryotic cell membranes or unicellular protists. They extend and …show more content…
( Histo-(tissue)-lytica(destroying) )This amoeba forms a host in a cyst on the victims body,whenever the cyst dies the infection moves to the digestive system. This can lead to liver abscess causing bloody stools,weight loss, fatigue, and abdominal pain causing lesions. The lesions can reach the blood stream causing infection in vital organs.(N.p., n.d. Web)

Dictyostelium discoideum
This amoeba thrives in soil reffered to as slime mold. This infection has a unique asexual lifecycle that consist of 4stages: vegetative, aggregation, migration,and culmination. Cells involved in the lifecycle undergo movement ,chemical signaling,and development,which can be used in human cancer research!(Dictyostelium Discoideum." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 12 July 2014. Web. 09 Dec. 2014)

From curing you too killing you amoebas can perform a number of things on a body. However you are very unlikely to ever come in contact with an