Cultures grown from patients with bacterial overgrowth syndrome reveal abnormally large numbers of anaerobic bacteria in addition to normal flora. Several protective factors stabilize the number and type of bacteria that colonize the upper GI tract.
An amoeba is a type of unicellular organism usually found in water around decaying vegetation, in wet soil and in animals such as humans. It is relatively advanced, and can extend and retract blob-like arms called pseudopodia, which it can use to grasp food particles and to propel itself through microscopic terrain.
The Amoeba proteus is a large protozoan and belongs to the Phyllum Sarcodina. It has an ever changing shape and is approximately 500-1000 um long.he Amoeba proteus can be ordered from science supply companies and is the classic specimen used in the classroom to demonstrate the pseudopods in action. Other species of amoebas are either too small, too fragile or atypical in structure.