Summary
A microbial predator that stalks the waters of the German countryside envelopes its victims and leaves their empty husks behind. The predator — a newfound amoeba dubbed Strigomyxa ruptor — feeds like no other protist.
The genus name Strigomyxa is a nod to the microbe’s regurgitation behavior. “It tells us about the ingenuity of evolution,” Suthaus says.
