Intestinal Amoeba

E. histolytica
E. hartmanni
E. coli
E. polecki
E. gingivalis
Endolimax nana
Iodomoeba butschlii

Size Range

Motility
P, finger like
NP, finger like psedop
NP, blunt pseudop
sluggish, NP(n) /P (d)
active/varying pseudop
sluggish,NP blunt psd.
sluggish, P

TROPHOZOITE
No.of nuclei
Karyosome
P. chromatin
1 small and central
fine and ed
1 small and central
fine and ed
1 large, irreg,eccentric
ud
1 small and central
fine and ed
1 central
fine and ed
1 large, irreg,blot-like
absent
1 large and central
absent

TE
Cytoplasm
f. granular
f. granular
coarse and granulated
granular and vacuolated
f. granular
granular and vacuolated
coarsely granular and vac

Inclusions
ingested RBC
ingested bacteria
vacuoles with bacteria
ingested bacteria/ fp
WBC, bacteria, epth cells
bacteria
bacteria, yeast, other

Size Range

CYST
Motility
spherical to round
spherical
spherical to round
spherical to oval
spherical,ovoid,ellipsoid
ovoid, ellipsoid, triangular

No.of nuclei
Karyosome
1 to 4 small and central
1 to 4 small and central
1 to 8 large, irreg, eccentric
1 small and central
1 to 4 large, blot-like,central
1 large, eccen, achromatic

CYST
P. chromatin
fine and ed
fine and ed
fine and ed
fine and ed
absent
absent

Cytoplasm
f. granular
f. granular
granular and vacuolated
granular
granular and vacuolated
coarsely granular and vac

Inclusions
CB rounded end; diffuse gly mass
CB rounded end; diffuse gly mass
CB pointed to splitered; dgm
CB, angular or pointed; inclusion gm
Cgranules,nondescript small; dgm
well-defined glycogen may be present