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Biology Question on Kingdom Protista

The type of nutrition present in Entamoeba is

A

Saprozoic

B

Parasitic

C

Autotrophic

D

None of these

Answer

Parasitic

Explanation

Solution

Entamoeba histolytica has a parasitic mode of nutrition. It eats red blood corpuscles and ruptured cells of the host (man) intestine. The disease caused by it is amoebiasis. Infection occurs by ingesting cysts with food and water.