what is the mode of nutrition in Amoeba and paramecium ??
(parasitic or saprophytic)

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Amoeba and Paramecium do not have parasitic or saprophytic mode of nutrition instead they have holozoic mode of nutrition. In this mode of nutrition, the organism takes in solid or liquid food and then digests, absorbs and assimilates this food to utilise it.

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what is the mode of nutrition in Amoeba and paramecium ??(parasitic or saprophytic)

Amoeba and Paramecium do not have parasitic or saprophytic mode of nutrition instead they have holozoic mode of nutrition. In this mode of nutrition, the organism takes in solid or liquid food and then digests, absorbs and assimilates this food to utilise it.

what is the mode of nutrition in Amoeba and paramecium ??
(parasitic or saprophytic)