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What intracellular structure do unicellular organisms such as amoeba and

paramecia have that allow them to survive in a hypotonic soln?

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The structure that helps these organisms in hypotonic environments is the contractile vacuole.

As water enters the cell from the less-solute environment, the cell would normally burst; however, the contractile vacuole takes up this water and pumps it back out of the cell.
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