Example:Amoeba
Amoeba is
a microscopic creature
found in freshwater.
It is a
single celled organism
and it has no
definite shape. It has
the ability to change
its shape. Amoeba move
and feed by
extending temporary structure
called pseudopodia . It
is a temporary
arm – like projection of
eukaryotic cell membrane and it can
be moved for its
desired direction with the
co-ordinated action of microfilaments in the cytoplasm pushing
out the plasma
membrane which surrounds the
cell when
freely floating amoeba
may produce many
pseudopodia.
FEEDING;
Feeding
by phagocytosis in
which extending pseudopodia to encircle and
engulf live prey.
PATHOGENIC
AMOEBA :
Entamoeba
histolytica is the cause of
amoebic dysentery.
