By which process amoeba obtain its food?
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The flexible plasma membrane of Amoeba gets folded in finger like projections called pseudopodia temporarily to obtain food.
Whenever the Amoeba senses the presence of food particles around it, the pseudopodia reaches out, fuses together and creates a vacuole around the food particles.
After the food particles is secured into the vacuole, digestive enzymes are released which break down the food into simpler substances.
This process is called endocytosis.
Whenever the Amoeba senses the presence of food particles around it, the pseudopodia reaches out, fuses together and creates a vacuole around the food particles.
After the food particles is secured into the vacuole, digestive enzymes are released which break down the food into simpler substances.
This process is called endocytosis.
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Amoeba obtains its food by the process of endocytosis.
First, amoeba gets its food broken down into simpler substances. And then, they diffuse their food into the cytoplasm. As the amoeba has flexible cell membrane, it engulfs the food particles by the help of pseudopodia. This process occurs inside surface of the plasma membrane to form a membrane enclosed bubble, or vesicle, containing the ingested material.
Amoeba moves towards its food, then it catches it with pseudopodia and lastly the food vacuole formed. As the amoeba is a unicellular organism, amoeba does not have any specialised structure or organ for the process of nutrition. It takes place through the general body surface with the help of pseudopodia. Digestion in amoeba is intracellular taking place within the cell. The food taken in remains in a food vacuole or gastric vacuole formed by the cell membrane and small part of the cytoplasm. The food is ingested at the point where it comes in touch with the cell surface with the help of pseudopodia. Pseudopodia engulf the food into the cytoplasm. The process of ingestion takes about two minutes, into the pseudopodia. The contents of the vacuole become lighter and the outline of the vacuole becomes indefinite indicating until that the digestion in amoeba is complete. In this way, the food is assimilated in an amoeba.
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Amoeba obtains its food by the process of endocytosis.
First, amoeba gets its food broken down into simpler substances. And then, they diffuse their food into the cytoplasm. As the amoeba has flexible cell membrane, it engulfs the food particles by the help of pseudopodia. This process occurs inside surface of the plasma membrane to form a membrane enclosed bubble, or vesicle, containing the ingested material.
Amoeba moves towards its food, then it catches it with pseudopodia and lastly the food vacuole formed. As the amoeba is a unicellular organism, amoeba does not have any specialised structure or organ for the process of nutrition. It takes place through the general body surface with the help of pseudopodia. Digestion in amoeba is intracellular taking place within the cell. The food taken in remains in a food vacuole or gastric vacuole formed by the cell membrane and small part of the cytoplasm. The food is ingested at the point where it comes in touch with the cell surface with the help of pseudopodia. Pseudopodia engulf the food into the cytoplasm. The process of ingestion takes about two minutes, into the pseudopodia. The contents of the vacuole become lighter and the outline of the vacuole becomes indefinite indicating until that the digestion in amoeba is complete. In this way, the food is assimilated in an amoeba.
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