Question

differentiate between saprophytes and parasites?​

Answer 1

A parasite is an organism that derives its nutrition from another living organism which is called host. ... A saprophyte is an organism that obtains its nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter.

Saprobes are organisms which derive their nourishment from dead and decaying organic matter. ... The digestion is external and the digested food is absorbed by the organism. e.g. Fungi such as Mucor, Rhizopus, etc. Parasites are dependent upon the living host for their nutrition.

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Answer 2

The key difference between saprophytes and parasites is that saprophytic organisms obtain nutrients from dead and decaying organic matter while parasitic organisms fulfill their nutritional requirements from another living organism.

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