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Standard IX
Biology
Plantae
Question
Which one among the following possess characters of both plants and animals?
Bacteria
Mycoplasma
Paramecium
Euglena
A
Bacteria
B
Mycoplasma
C
Paramecium
D
Euglena
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Solution
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Euglena
is considered as the link between plants and animals.
Euglena
has chloroplast and i
n the presence of sunlight, they carry out
photosynthesis to produce glucose, like plants.
In the absence of sunlight, the Euglena shows holozoic nutrition and ingests the food from the outside, like animals.
It has a pellicle (just like a cell wall in plants) made up of a protein layer supported by a substructure of microtubules.
Euglena
is motile just like animals.
So, the correct answer is option D.
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