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What is the difference between saprophytic and parasitic bacteria?
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∙ 10y ago
Saprophytic is another way to say decomposers. Parasitic bacteria parasitize other organisms while they feed off of their insides. Saprophytic (decomposers) bacteria feed off of dead organisms and this is extremely important for the cycle of soil nutrients and also for many plant roots.
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∙ 14y agoSaprophytic Nutrition - Many organisms absorb fluid food through the body surface. Bacteria & fungi flourish on dead & decaying organic matter of both plant & animal origin. Parasitic nutrition - In this type of nutrition organisms take food from the body of other organisms called hosts.
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∙ 15y agoThose bacteria who live and get nutrients of living from dead plants/animals are called saprophytic bacteria.
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