Vacuole
Tags
Biology
Cegep/1
Word count
81 words
Reading time
1 minute
Membrane-bound organelle filled with aqueous solution of various molecules
Formed by the fusion of multiple vesicles
Part of the endomembrane system
Types
Food
Holds food from:
- Digestion (in protozoa)
- Phagocytosis of a bacterium (in a white blood cell)
[!abstract] Protozoa
Single celled animal-like organism
Central
Big vacuole in plant cells
Stores of organic compounds, inorganic ions, and metabolic by-products
Contractile
Pumps water out of freshwater single celled organisms
Ajitani Hifumi