Question

how food digestion takes place in amoeba and paramecium??



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Answer 1

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Amoeba uses phagocytosis and pinocytosis to engulf and digest the food where as Paramecium only uses phagocytosis process to angle find digest its food .

In both Endocytosis is performed to digest thier food.

Both of them engulf food and form of vacuole in which the food is digested .

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Answer 2

Answer:

Digestion in amoeba

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 vacuoles are transported deeper into the cells by cytoplasmic movements. Here they fuse with lysosomes that contain enzymes. Two enzymes amylase and proteinase have been reported. Thus, amoeba can digest sugars, cellulose and proteins. Fats, however, remain undigested.

The contents of the vacuole become lighter and the outline of the vacuole becomes indefinite indicating that the digestion is complete.

Digestion in Paramecium

To gather its food, the paramecium uses its cilia to sweep up food along with some water into the cell mouth after it falls into the oral groove. The food goes through the cell mouth into the gullet. When enough food has accumulated at the gullet base, it forms a food vacuole in the cytoplasm, and travels through the cell, through the back end first. As it moves along, enzymes from the cytoplasm enter the vacuole to digest the contents, digested nutrients then going into the cytoplasm, and the vacuole shrinks. When the vacuole reaches the anal pore, it ruptures, expelling its waste contents to the exterior.