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Amoeba proteus
Amoeba proteus is a protozoan that uses extensions called pseudopodia ("false feet") to move and eat smaller organisms. Food gets enveloped inside the cell's cytoplasm, where it is slowly broken down by enzymes. It inhabits freshwater environments.
The projections on the amoeba are pseudopodia. You can also see the nucleus of the amoeba (dark blue blob).
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This protozoan uses extensions called pseudopodia to move and to eat smaller unicellular organisms. Food is enveloped inside the cell's cytoplasm in a food vacuole, where ingested matter is slowly broken down by enzymes. ''Amoeba proteus'' inhabits freshwater environments and feeds on protozoans, algae, rotifers, and even other smaller amoebae.
Similar species: Euamoebida
By Christine Young
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Uploaded Apr 1, 2021. Captured Jan 1, 2012 00:04 in 5 East St, New Milford, CT 06776, USA.
