Multiple choice

Which of the following types of nutrition is obtained by organism as its food from decaying organic matter of dead plants/animals and rotten bread?

  1. Saprotrophic

  2. Parasitic

  3. Holozoic

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Saprotrophic nutrition involves organisms secreting enzymes onto dead or decaying organic matter to break it down externally before absorbing the nutrients. This is common in fungi and some bacteria.