Protists’ Mode of nutrition

The major modes of nutrition among protists are autotrophy

(involving plastids, photosynthesis, and the organism’s
manufacture of its own nutrients from the milieu) and
heterotrophy (the taking in of nutrients)
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Protists exhibit different methods of acquiring nutrition. Some are

photosynthetic autotrophs, meaning that they are self-feeders and
capable of using sunlight to generate carbohydrates for nutrition.
Other protists are heterotrophs, which acquire nutrition through
feeding on other organisms. This is accomplished by phagocytosis, the
process in which particles are engulfed and digested internally. Still,
other protists acquire nutrition predominately by absorbing nutrients
from their environment. Some protists may exhibit both
photosynthetic and heterotrophic forms of nutrient acquisition.