How does an Amoeba obtain its food?

Explanation

Amoeba obtain its food by the process of phagocytosis. It literally means cell eating. It is a common method of feeding among the Protozoa and lower Metazoa. It is also the way in which white blood cells (leucocytes) engulf cellular debris and univited microbes (viruses and bacteria) in the blood. in the phagocytosis, an area of the plasma membrane, coated initially with actin-myosin, forms a pocket and engulfs the solid material (e.g., bacteria, debris). The membrane-enclosed vesical, phagosome, then detached form the cell surface (plasma membrane) into the cytoplasm where its contents ae digested by lysosomal enzymes.