what is the food vacuole of a paramecium
When Paramecium comes in contact with bacteria, rows of cilia lining the oral groove move the food down to the end of the groove where it becomes engulfed in a food vacuole by the process of phagocytosis.n this photo, the oral groove is visible just above the center of the photo, where it looks like a flap of cell membrane folded over. At the end of the groove, a concentrated group of cilia force food into the food vacuole as it forms. Paramecium aurelia.