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Dead skin carries more than enough nutrients for ringworm to survive. It is easily spread and therefore never runs out of nutrients.
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How a fungus gains nutrition?
From it's host, either alive or dead
What is the mode of nutrition in saprophytes?
saprophytic nutrition which is external.Majorly decaying matter of dead organisms is feed on.
Does ringworm affect your health?
Ringworm is a fungus that is spread by touch. It is most common in cats, but can be found on pretty much any mammal. It is called ringworm for its appearance, a red ring SHAPED raised patch of skin. It can be scaly, dry, or the inside of the ring can ooze. Ringworm doesnt bring any detrement to the body other that being itchy and looking weird. It can be treated with anti fungal creams or some home readidies that may or may not work, but its worth a try.
What types of organisms are saprophytes?
Saprophytes are organisms that lives on dead or decaying organic matter. Saprophytes are usually plants and fungus so its easily found on earth.
How is ringworm transferred?
This is a good question! You clean your body after the bath with towel. You rub the body with towel. The dead skin debris is deposited on the towel. The towel is wet. Here the fungus grows on dead cells. When you wash the towel in water sources the source get polluted with fungus. Many times the towels are shared by the family members and the fungus is transmitted. The formal use of towels, other than after the bath, by the other family members, is very common. The fungus is spread by air borne route after the towel is dry.
What is saprotophic nutrition?
saprotophic nutrition is the nutrition of organisms which feed on dead animals
How does fungus get there food?
They eat on dead cells.
Fungus that feeds on dead or decaying organisms?
doggy you are wrong only some fungus feeds on dead matter. SO YOU JUST GOT PROVED WRONG LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Learn to Treat Ringworm at Home?
Despite its interesting name, ring worm is caused by a fungus, not worms. The fungi that causes ringworm is commonly found living in warm, moist places such as pools and locker rooms and it is highly contagious. The way that ringworm is spread is through skin to skin contact and by sharing towels, clothing and other items of this nature with a person who has ringworm. Ringworm is often noticed by its distinct shape. It forms a red ring on a person's skin; though sometimes it is just a red area that resembles a rash. It is not an infection that will kill you, but it does pose other health risks if left untreated. Ringworm does not require a prescription medication to treat, many times you can treat ringworm with a simple over the counter cream designed to kill the fungus beneath your skin. Your doctor will recommend an over the counter cream to rid your body of the ringworm to start; he will only prescribe something if the cream does not work. The cream you use on your ringworm will cause it to disappear within a few days of beginning the treatment. However, it is imperative that you read the instructions that come with the cream and/or heed your doctor's warnings and use the cream until you are instructed to stop. Just because the symptoms disappear does not mean that the fungi is dead. During the rare instance when ringworm cream does not work to treat and kill the fungus causing the ringworm, your doctor can prescribe a pill that will kill it. Again, you need to take the pill as long as your doctor orders or risk the infection coming back. Leaving ringworm untreated probably won't kill you, but it will cause the ringworm to dry out and your skin to crack, which allows bacteria into your skin. This will cause additional infections that require antibiotics to cure. Children with ringworm are not in any immediate danger from the infection; however, it is a good idea to treat the infection immediately. While undergoing treatment for ringworm, children may attend school and after school activities because they are no longer contagious.
When the brain is dead do you still need nutrition?
Yes, if you want to keep the body from deteriorating a brain dead person still needs nutrition.
What is saprozoic nutrition?
The organisms that get their food from dead organic matter are called saprobes and this type of nutrition is called saprozoic nutrition.
In the food chain what would a fungus be considered?
Fungus has the role of decomposer in a food chain it decomposes the dead organic material and feeds on it.
