What is the function of the phagocytic vacuole?

A phagocytic vacuole is a substructure of a phagocyte, which is a type of cell that is part of the immune system. Phagocytes ingest foreign objects (such as bacteria, viruses, and dust) and destroy them with acidic enzymes within thevacuole. read more

Best Answer: The phagocytic vacuole is also called the lysosome. Bacteria and viruses that are ingested by phagocytes are broken down inside the lysosome. The lysosome is capable of doing this because it contains acid hydrolases (enzymes) that help break down components of the ingested material. read more

Shigella is also an invasive pathogen but lyses the phagocytic vacuole and initiates intracellular actin-based locomotion to spread from cell to cell in the cytoplasm. read more