==Las funciones de la vacuola==
===Almacenamiento===
Vacuoles serve as storage compartments for foodLas vacuolas sirven como compartimentos de almacenamiento de alimentos, water, or other substancesagua u otras sustancias.<ref name=stansfield>{{cite bookcita libro|authorautor=Stansfield, William D.; Colomé, Jaime S.; Cano, Raúl J|titletítulo=Molecular and Cell Biology|locationubicación=New York|publishereditorial=McGraw-Hill|pagepágina=4|isbn=0-07-139881-3}}</ref>
===Contracción===
ProtistsProtistas, organisms without cell wallsorganismos sin paredes celulares, that live in hypotonic media (freshwater species), as the ciliate Paramecium, have contractile vacuoles, which periodically excrete fluid.<ref name=sperelakis>{{cite book|editor=Sperelakis, Nicholas|author=Freedman, Jeffrey C|title=Cell Physiology Sourcebook:A Molecular Approach|location=San Diego, California|publisher=Academic Press|edition=3rd|chapter=61:Physiological Adaptations of Protists|page=1044|isbn=0-12-656977-0}}</ref>
===Pigmentación===
