Paramecium
Paramecium are single-celled organisms. The inside of a paramecium is a jelly-like fluid called protoplasm. Bits of food and other materials float around in the protoplasm, it takes nutrients from the Paramecium, but it also gives important nutrients as well. They live in water, including lakes, ponds, streams, rivers, and puddles. Some can even live in the bodies of animals or in moist soil. Paramecium have tiny hair-like things, called cilia, all around the outside of their cell. Cilia are important, because they are how Paramecium move. By beating the cilia back and forth, the Paramecium can move through the water. Protists with cilia,
such as Paramecium, move much faster than other protists.
Paramecium reproduce by a process called binary fission. The Paramecium can split in half and become two new
Paramecium.Paramecium eat algae, bacteria, other protozoans, dead plant and animal matter, and other tiny animals. They have something similar to a mouth, called a cytostome, to let food items into their bodies.
such as Paramecium, move much faster than other protists.
Paramecium reproduce by a process called binary fission. The Paramecium can split in half and become two new
Paramecium.Paramecium eat algae, bacteria, other protozoans, dead plant and animal matter, and other tiny animals. They have something similar to a mouth, called a cytostome, to let food items into their bodies.