- A
vacuole (/ˈvækjuːoʊl/) is a membrane-bound
organelle which is
present in
plant and
fungal cells and some protist, animal, and
bacterial cells. Vacuoles...
- The
food vacuole, or
digestive vacuole, is an
organelle found in
simple eukaryotes such as protists. This
organelle is
essentially a lysosome.
During the...
- only in animals, and the term
vacuole is
applied to
those in plants,
fungi and
algae (some
animal cells also have
vacuoles).
Discoveries in
plant cells...
- the
vacuole contains are then
small enough to
diffuse through the
membrane of the
food vacuole into the cell.
Anything left in the
food vacuole by the...
- and to eat
smaller unicellular organisms.
Food is
enveloped inside the cell's
cytoplasm in a
food vacuole,
where ingested matter is
slowly broken down...
-
cellular digestion.
Food can be
taken from
outside the cell into
food vacuoles by a
process called endocytosis.
These food vacuoles fuse with lysosomes...
- streaming. As a
food vacuole moves along,
enzymes from the
cytoplasm enter it, to
digest the contents. As
enzymatic digestion proceeds, the
vacuole contents...
-
package the
particles in a food
vacuole. The lysosome,
which contains hydrolytic enzymes, then
fuses with the
food vacuole.
Hydrolytic enzymes, also known...
- is not
decolorized and no dots are
visible on the cell surface. The
food vacuole is
small and the
parasite is compact.
Cells seldom host more than one...
-
attach to prey. They then suck the prey's
cytoplasm directly into a
food vacuole inside the cell,
where they
digest and
absorb its contents. Most suctoria...
