yes they do ----------------------- how they digest- if interested... credit: http://answers.Yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080314060010AAHwv5K OKIM IM's original work Paramecia feed on microorganisms like bacteria, algae, and yeasts. To gather its food, the paramecium uses its cilia to sweep the 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, which is like the stomach. When enough food has accumulated, it breaks away and forms a food vacuole. The food vacuole travels through the cell, through the back end first. As it moves along, enzymes from the cytoplasm enter the vacuole and digest it. The digested food then goes into the cytoplasm and the vacuole gets smaller and smaller. When the vacuole reaches the anal pore the remaining undigested waste is removed.
In the case of paramecium, ingestion is getting the food particle into the food vacuole. Digestion is the enzymatic breakdown of food.
This is straight from Wikipedia, so I get no credit at all. This is from a paragraph on it, called Gathering Food: "Paramecia feed on microorganisms like bacteria, algae, and yeasts. 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." Again, I TAKE NO CREDIT! Anyway, hope that helped. :)
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it helps the paracium digest
they take in microorganisms that digest it and then the paramecium throw it back up
the food vacuole helps digest the parameciums food inside the food vacuole
Paramecium use processes known as endocytosis and exocytosis for their food digestion. When they encounter something that they know they can digest they quickly intake the food during their endocytosis process. The food once consumed enters a food vacuole that is used for direct digestion. Exocytosis is the process that is then used to dispose of any waste from the food not used by the paramecium.
The paramecium.
it helps the paracium digest
they take in microorganisms that digest it and then the paramecium throw it back up
to digest the food.
the food vacuole helps digest the parameciums food inside the food vacuole
to digest the food.
These structures are absent in marine paramecium.Food vacuoles,which are round in shape,contain enzymes to digest the other smaller protozoans that paramecium feed on.
These structures are absent in marine paramecium.Food vacuoles,which are round in shape,contain enzymes to digest the other smaller protozoans that paramecium feed on.
Paramecium use processes known as endocytosis and exocytosis for their food digestion. When they encounter something that they know they can digest they quickly intake the food during their endocytosis process. The food once consumed enters a food vacuole that is used for direct digestion. Exocytosis is the process that is then used to dispose of any waste from the food not used by the paramecium.
The paramecium.
I don't know about paramecium but amoebas eat paramecium.
features of paramecium
A Paramecium is a protoctist