Question

What is the mode of nutrition in euglena?

Answer 1

parasitic mood of nutrition ......

Answer 2

Answer :-

"Euglena" obtains it's nutrition through both Autotrophic and Heterotrophic manners.

Extra Information :-

• Euglena forms a link between animals and plants.

• The presence of gullet, contractor vacuole, holozoic mode of nutrition and sometimes absence of chlorophyll pigments, show resemblance of Euglena with animals.

• Euglena lives in ponds and lakes that are rich in organic matter.

• Euglena always maintains it's solitary (never forming colonies) nature.

• In some cases, Euglena grows in mud or salt marshes.

• The Euglenal cell is spindle shaped, naked, spirally twisted and is colourless at the tips.

• The Euglenal cell consists of an anteriorly inserted flagellum.

• The Euglenal cell consists of a hard yet flexible covering beneath it's plasma membrane called "Pellicle".

• The nucleus of the Euglenal cell is centrally located and is prominent.