Light Micrograph Of Amoeba Catching #3
by Eric V. Grave
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Light Micrograph Of Amoeba Catching #3
Artist
Eric V. Grave
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Fourth in a series of four color enhanced light micrographs showing a single-celled Amoeba sp. engulfing another protozoan, Paramecium sp. (at lower center inside amoeba). The amoeba has extended a pseudopodium (false foot) to attack its prey. The pseudopodium is formed from the flexible wall of the amoeba cell. The paramecium is being engulfed and will be digested within a cavity (vacuole) inside the amoeba cell. This form of feeding is known as phagocytosis. Magnification x43 at 35mm size. The full series includes images BM8580, BM8583, BM8586, and BM8589.
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March 7th, 2013
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