Entamoeba histolytica

Exactly.

In medical parasitology, we are primarily dealing with animal parasites that infect humans, and we categorize them using binomial nomenclature, meaning a genus and a species like Entamoeba histolytica.

But on a structural level, we divide them into two major groups.

You have the unicellular protozoa, which are single celled microscopic assassins like amoebas and flagellates.

They do.

Protozoa rely heavily on enzymatic destruction.

Entamoeba histolytica, the amoeba responsible for severe dysentery, secretes specific enzymes called cysteine protein mesas.

These enzymes essentially act as a chemical acid, breaking down the proteins that hold human cells together.