Amoeba, SEM

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Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an amoeba from wet soil in the northern Black Forest, Germany. Amoeba are unicellular protozoa with a flexible outer membrane that allows the organism to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. With these pseudopods they engulf food (bacteria, or other microorganisms). Magnification: x3200 when printed at 15cm wide.

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Size: 6400px × 5520px
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Photo credit: © EYE OF SCIENCE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, ameba, ameboid, amoeba, biodiversity, biological, biology, black, cell, coloured, debris, electron, false-coloured, forest, humus, microbiological, microbiology, micrograph, microscopy, protist, protozoa, protozoan, scanning, sem, single, single-celled, soil, unicellular, woody