The amoeba Entamoeba histolyticakills human cells through trogocytosis, or a sort of cell nibbling, where the amoeba bites off and ingests pieces of the human cells. Researchers report that the amoeba ...

This amoeba, a single-celled organism, acquires energy by engulfing nutrients in the form of a yeast cell (red). Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its ...