Multiple choice

The mode of nutrition in Trichonympha is

  1. phagotrophic

  2. symbiotic

  3. parasitic

  4. photosynthetic
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 Trichonympha is a genus of parabasalid protists that live in the intestines of many, if not most, termite species. They are symbiotes, in that they break down the cellulose in the wood and plant fibers their hosts eat.

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