Beruflich Dokumente
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Mark Joel Aguit, Kiel Christian Alday, Ma. Kristelle Joyce Arellano, and Kristine Grace Austria
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Santo Tomas, España, Manila
Abstract
In the experiment conducted, the cell culture of Paramecium sp. was fed with Chlorella sp. and
graphite shavings to demonstrate the mechanism of phagocytosis and 1% India ink to
demonstrate the mechanism of pinocytosis. Microscopic examination reveals that the organism
utilizes its cilia to convey food into its gullet, forming a food vacuole that will be digested by
various enzymes in the cytoplasm until only wastes are left, which will be excreted to the cell’s
exterior through exocytosis. Results also show that food particle size and concentration play
factors towards food vacuole formation as smaller size and higher concentration lead to more
food vacuoles present in the cytoplasm with organisms fed with India ink having ten (10),
graphite shavings with eight (8), and Chlorella sp. with six (6). With this, the preferred food by
Paramecium sp. was identified to be India ink as it had the most number of food vacuoles
formed.
Keywords: phagocytosis, pinocytosis, Paramecium sp., food vacuole
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