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[Acanthamoeba spp.] [Balamuthia mandrillaris] [Naegleria fowleri] [Sappinia spp.]

The cysts of Balamuthia mandrillaris are typically 10-25 µm in diameter.  They cysts have two walls: a wrinkled fibrous outer wall (exocyst) and an inner wall (endocyst) that may be hexagonal, spherical, star-shaped or polygonal.  Cysts contain only one nucleus with a large karyosome.  Cysts may be found in the brain, eyes, skin, lungs and other organs.

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A: Cysts of B. mandrillaris.
B: Close-up of one of the cysts in Figure A.

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C: Cyst of B. mandrillaris.