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Do saprophytes get their food from living organism or from dead organism?
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from dead organisims
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What do you understand by saprophytes?
Saprophytes are the plants which derive their food from the dead and decaying organic matter
Are saprophytes a kind of parasite?
Saprophyts are not parasites as they take food from dead or decaying orgnisams. Whereas parasites take food from living orgnisams
What are the organism that derive food fron the decaying matter called?
saprophytes
Living organism who rely on dead plants and animals for food?
saprobes
A protist that obtains its food from dead organic matter or from the dead body of another organism is called a?
Generally protists help in decomposition of dead organic matter by feeding on them.Such type of protists or bacteria are called saprophytes
Organisms that obtain food by feeding on other dead or decaying organisms?
Saprophytes.
An organism that uses dead material as a food and energy source?
Bacteria, mold, and other decomposers use dead material as an energy source.
What is the meaning of saprophytes?
Saprophytes are organisms that obtain their nutrients by feeding on dead or decaying organic matter. They play an important role in the decomposition process and recycling of nutrients in ecosystems. Examples include certain fungi and bacteria.
Bacteria that have saprophytes use as food and energy source?
dead material this is a question of my science homework ugh
What are dead organic materials?
A dead organism has a dead body that can be decomposed by bacteria and myces that enrich the soil and are part of the food chain.
How does fungi obtain energy?
Nutritionally they are heterotrophic, they digest food outside the body and absorb it . Many are saprophytes (living off of dead material), parasites (living off of a live host) and some are mutualistic (living with another organism and helping it out).
Is bread mold a parasite?
It is not an autotroph, it is actually a hetotroph. It is a Hetotroph because it eats what it spawns on (The bread) and can't create food using sunlight. (It does, however, spawn better in sunlight)
