🌱 Microbe Mondays 🔬 | Testate Amoeba & Flagellate Captured by Keisha W This time-lapse view at 40x magnification reveals a testate amoeba moving through the soil water film alongside a flagellate protozoan—two key players in a biologically active soil food web. Testate amoebae are shelled protozoa that build protective “tests” from organic debris or mineral particles. They are important indicators of stable, well-structured soils and often appear as fungal biomass increases. By grazing on bact

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1.7M views · 5K reactions | This amoeba is engulfing another protist (heliozoan) via phagocytosis. In simplest terms, it’s using its body to eat, digest, and obtain nutrients. #MicroscopicMonday 匿 by MicrobialEcology | Science Channel | Facebook