🌱 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