First seen in the 1700’s is a flagellated protist that lives solitary from others. They are hunters and feed on bacteria, and flagellates by a rod - organ which stabs and cuts the pray multiple times like a knife. Once the cells are opened they use their flagulum to mix up the cells parts for easy eating. They contain the protein rhodopsin which makes them curl when exposed to light. Even though they lack eyes they can still see from pores in the skin. It is very difficult to find parenema in general. On a compound light microscope it is even harder to get an idea of the insides of the organism hence why many scientists have argued over how it carries out its eating habits until more recent years with the addition of electron microscopy.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Parenema
First seen in the 1700’s is a flagellated protist that lives solitary from others. They are hunters and feed on bacteria, and flagellates by a rod - organ which stabs and cuts the pray multiple times like a knife. Once the cells are opened they use their flagulum to mix up the cells parts for easy eating. They contain the protein rhodopsin which makes them curl when exposed to light. Even though they lack eyes they can still see from pores in the skin. It is very difficult to find parenema in general. On a compound light microscope it is even harder to get an idea of the insides of the organism hence why many scientists have argued over how it carries out its eating habits until more recent years with the addition of electron microscopy.
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