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how do paramecium obtain its food

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Answered by tanyaS0105
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Paramecium obtain their food through the use of tiny hairs called cilia; they use the cilia to move the food into the oral groove until it reaches the mouth opening. The cilia are also used to help the paramecium move.

Paramecium live in water habitats, feeding on algae, bacteria and yeast. Food and water enter into the oral groove. The food travels through the mouth into the gullet, where it accumulates and creates a vacuole. Digestive enzymes break down the vacuole's contents, allowing the nutrients to pass into the cytoplasm. The vacuole then refills with waste and moves to the anal pore. Waste is passed through the anal pore back into the paramecium's environment.

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Answered by vm75792
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Paramecium is a unicellular protozoan. Their body is covered with cilia .They are mostly found in freshwater and ponds. They feed on microscopic structures present in water. Their mean of obtaining food is basically linked to its stucture. It has a flipper shaped body having an oral groove at its anterior end. This groove is lined with cilia. Whenever the paramecium gets in contact to the food its ciliary movement pulls the food and direct it towards the groove. The cilia in the groove then direct food inside. The food gets inside in form of a food vacuole. Digestion and degradation takes inside the vacuole.Ther digested useful part is taken up by the cell and the waste is ejected out through the same groove.

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