Q. Which one possesses characters of both plants and animals ?

A
Mycoplasma
B
Paramecium
C
Euglena
D
All of these
Solution:
  • Euglena is a genus of single-celled flagellate eukaryotes.
  • Species of Euglena are found in fresh and salt waters.
  • They are often abundant in quiet inland waters where they may bloom in numbers sufficient to color the surface of ponds.
  • Most species of Euglena have photosynthesizing chloroplasts within the body of the cell, which enable them to feed by autotrophy, like plants.
  • However, they can also take nourishment heterotrophically, like animals.
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