Today we’re exploring the intriguing Ouramoeba vorax. Or wait… is it Amoebophilus simplex? Let’s figure that out together by diving into some history!
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SOURCES: https://archives.upenn.edu/exhibits/penn-people/biography/joseph-mellick-leidy https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16779#page/72/mode/1up https://link.springer.com/article/10.2478/s11756-011-0064-8 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240435107_Infection_of_Mayorella_penardi_Gymnamoebia_in_oak-hornbeam_forest_soil_by_the_ectoparasitic_fungus_Amoebophilus_simplex_Zygomycota