inorganic and unorganized food, also organized matter in the
form of a complex organic compound known as protein, which
contains nitrogen in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
In fact, Amœba can prey upon both plants and animals, and
thus use up as food protoplasm itself. The pseudopodia serve
the double purpose of organs of locomotion and prehension.
This creature absorbs oxygen and evolves carbon dioxide.