Question

Difference between hetrotrophs and saptrotrophs

Answer 1

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Difference between heterotrophs and saprotrophs are-

Nutrition is the process by which an organism procures its nourishment, the supply of nutrients required by its body and cells to stay alive. Heterotrophic nutrition is the mode of nutrition exhibited by heterotrophs. Heterotrophs are the organisms that depend on plants or other organisms for their food. Heterotrophic type of nutrition can be categorized into parasitic mode, saprophytic mode and symbiotic mode of nutrition. The organisms which exhibit saprotrophic mode of nutrition are called as saprotrophs. Saprotrophs are the organisms that obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter. Saprotrophs secrete digestive juices onto dead and decaying matter to dissolve it and then absorb nutrients from it.

Answer 2

Heterotrophs are the organisms that depend on plants or other organisms for their food. ... Saprotrophs are the organisms that obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter. Saprotrophs secrete digestive juices onto dead and decaying matter to dissolve it and then absorb nutrients from it.