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Nutrition in amoeba is putting by forth _______

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Nutrition in amoeba is putting by forth by the process of phagocytosis with the help of pseudopodia. Amoeba forms finger-like projections called pseudopodia (meaning false feet) around their prey and engulfs it. The food thus eaten gets trapped in the food vacuole. This mode of nutrition is referred to as the holozoic mode of nutrition.

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Nutrition in an Amoeba occurs through a process called phagocytosis where the entire organism pretty much engulfs the food it plans on eating up. The mode of nutrition in amoeba is known as holozoic nutrition. It involves the ingestion, digestion and egestion of food material.

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Phagocytosis refers to the process by which certain living cells called phagocytes engulf other cells, particles and even pathogens. Phagocytosis process occurs when the cell tries to destroy foreign particles or pathogens such as bacteria or an infected cell by engulfing it in lytic enzymes. The mode of nutrition is Holozoic mode of nutrition . 
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