Question
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.