How does a paramecium digest?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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. :)

Answer 3

A paramecium digests by taking in food particles through its oral groove, forming a food vacuole. Digestive enzymes break down the food within the vacuole, and nutrients are absorbed by the cell. Waste is expelled through a structure called the anal pore.

Answer 4

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