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[Endolimax nana] [Entamoeba coli] [Entamoeba hartmanni] [Entamoeba polecki] [Iodamoeba buetschlii]

Iodamoeba buetschlii cysts have only one nucleus with a large, usually eccentric karyosome.  They do not have chromatoid bodies but have a compact, well defined glycogen mass.  The cysts measure usually 10 to 12 µm (range 5 to 20 µm) and their shape varies from ovoidal to rounded.

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A: Line drawing of an I. buetschlii cyst.

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B, C: I. buetschlii cysts stained with trichrome.  Note the well defined glycogen mass in B (black arrow).