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 ...
The transitional state of this social amoeba is intriguing, as it usually exists as separate cells, but when conditions worsen, they assemble into multicellular aggregates and differentiate.