What type of nutrition is followed by amoeba?

Amoeba follows a type of nutrition known as holozoic nutrition. Here are the steps it follows:

1. Food Capture: The amoeba uses its pseudopodia (false feet) to surround and capture its food, which typically consists of bacteria, algae, plant cells, and microscopic protozoa.

2. Ingestion: The food is then ingested or taken into the amoeba's body. The pseudopodia wrap around the food particle and enclose it in a food vacuole.

3. Digestion: Inside the food vacuole, the food is broken down into simpler substances by digestive enzymes. This process is known as digestion.

4. Absorption: The digested food is then absorbed into the cytoplasm of the amoeba. The undigested food remains in the food vacuole.

5. Assimilation: The absorbed food is used for growth, repair, and energy.

6. Egestion: The undigested food is expelled out of the body by the process of egestion. The food vacuole moves towards the surface of the amoeba, ruptures, and expels the waste material.

This process of nutrition in amoeba is known as phagocytosis.