All moral rights asserted. Recolouring or alteration of the image is prohibited without permission. Light micrograph of a living Amoeba found in soil of the Black Forest in Germany. Amoeba are protozoan with a flexible outer membrane which allows the organism to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. With this pseudopods they engulf food (bacteria, or other microorganisms). Light microscope, differential interference contrast, Magnification: x200 when printed at 15 centimetres wide.