Amoeba Cement  

This is a close-up photo of the surface of an amoeba's test that artist Elinor Mossop took using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The pattern of the organic cement that testate amoebae secrete to glue particles together to make their tests (shells) is evident in this micrograph. Mossop used this beautiful pattern as inspiration for one of the pastel drawings.


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