Although hospice and palliative care share the same principles of providing comfort and support for patients, palliative care is available throughout a patientâs experience with cancer, whereas hospice is offered only toward the end of life.
The process used by some protists to actively ingest food particles is called Phagocytosis.ther protists like fungus grow  above their food source to get nutrients. Some protists engulf  bacteria and digest them internally, by extending their cell  membrane and forming a vacuole around the bacteria.
Oral microflora uses substrates either derived from the diet of the host or produced by other bacteria (6). This is done by the pioneer microbial community (first microorganisms to colonize), in order to generate end products or breakdown products of metabolism, which can then be used by other microorganisms (7).