Myzocytosis (from Greek: myzein, (μυζεῖν) meaning "to suck" and kytos (κύτος) meaning "container", hence referring to "cell") is a method of feeding found in some heterotrophic organisms. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly A heterotrophs, or chemoorganotrophy ( Greek heterone = (another and trophe = nutrition is an Organism that requires It is also called "cellular vampirism" as the predatory cell pierces the cell wall and/or cell membrane of the prey cell with a feeding tube, sucks out the cellular content and digests it. The cell is the structural and functional unit of all known living Organisms It is the smallest unit of an organism that is classified as living and is often called A cell wall is a tough flexible and sometimes fairly rigid layer surrounding a cell, located external to the Cell membrane, which provides the cell with structural The cell membrane (also called the plasma membrane, plasmalemma, or "phospholipid bilayer" is a Selectively permeable Lipid bilayer

A classic example of myzocytosis is the feeding method of the infamous predatory ciliate, Didinium, where it is often depicted devouring a hapless Paramecium. Didinium is a Genus of Ciliate. They are free-living Carnivores, mostly found in fresh and Brackish Water environments Paramecia are a group of Unicellular Ciliate Protozoa formerly known as “slipper Animalcules �� from their Slipper shape are commonly The Suctorian ciliates feed exclusively through myzocytosis. Suctoria are peculiar Ciliates which are sessile feed by extracellular digestion and lack cilia in the adult phase The ciliates are one of the most important groups of Protists common almost everywhere there is water — lakes ponds oceans rivers and soils with many ectosymbiotic

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