Question

Mixotrophic (dual mode) nutrition is a characteristic of

• A. Paramoecium
• B. Amoeba
• C. Plasmodium
• D. Euglena

Answer 1

The correct option is D Euglena

Mixotrophic nutrition is the process of obtaining food from both the way autotrophic and heterotrophic and utilizing the food for life processes. In this mode of nutrition, organism obtains carbon and energy from different sources. Euglena exhibits this mode because it produces its own food through photosynthesis and it is also a heterotrophic organism because it absorbs prepared food.

So, the correct answer isoption D.