How does a large food particle enter an amoeba?
Amoeba ingests food by a process known as phagocytosis. The amoeba modifies its cytoskeleton to ‘wrap around’ the food particle with its membranes. The membrane then fuses, trapping the food particle in a vacuole inside the cell. The vacuole is then fused with a lysosome and the lysosomal enzymes will break down the food particle.
