Define (i) saprophytic nutrition (ii) parasitic nutrition, and (iii) holozoic nutrition. Give one example of each type.
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(i) Saprophytic Nutrition: Saprophytic nutrition is that nutrition in which organisms obtain their food from dead and decaying organisms (plants and animals).
Examples: Fungi (mushrooms), and many bacteria.
(ii) Parasitic Nutrition: Parasitic nutrition is that nutrition in which organisms obtain their food from other living organisms (called host).
Examples: Leech, mosquito.
(iii) Holozoic Nutrition: In this mode of nutrition, the digestion happens inside the body of the organism. Most of the animals follow this mode of nutrition.
Example: Human beings
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