Editing Entamoeba (section)

==Species==
Several species are found in humans and animals.  ''Entamoeba histolytica'' is the pathogen responsible for invasive '[[amoebiasis]]' (which includes amoebic [[dysentery]] and [[amoebic liver abscess]]es). Others such as ''[[Entamoeba coli]]'' (not to be confused with ''[[Escherichia coli]]'') and ''[[Entamoeba dispar]]''<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Diamond LS, Clark CG|title=A redescription of Entamoeba histolytica Schaudinn, 1903 (emended Walker, 1911) separating it from Entamoeba dispar Brumpt, 1925 |journal=Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=340–344 |year=1993  |pmid=8508172 |doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb04926.x|s2cid=46363085 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230681 }}</ref> are harmless.  With the exception of ''[[Entamoeba gingivalis]]'', which lives in the mouth, and  ''E. moshkovskii'', which is frequently isolated from river and lake sediments, all ''Entamoeba'' species are found in the [[intestine]]s of the animals they infect. ''[[Entamoeba invadens]]'' is a species that can cause a disease similar to ''E. histolytica'' but in reptiles.  In contrast to other species, ''E. invadens'' forms cysts in vitro in the absence of bacteria and is used as a model system to study this aspect of the life cycle. Many other species of ''Entamoeba'' have been described, and it is likely that many others remain to be found.