Question

distinguish between a parasite and a saprotroph​

Answer 1

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$<font color= green>$ ⛦$<font color= blue>$ Parasites are organisms that depend upon another organism (host) for food and cause harmful effects or dieseases to the host.

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➛Examples: Cuscuta (Amarbel), mosquitoes and head lice.

$<font color= green>$ ⛦$<font color= blue>$ Saprotrophs are orgnisms that obtain nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter.

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➛Examples: Fungi and some bacteria.

Answer 2

Difference between parasite and saphrotroph

Parasite :-

Parasites are the entities growing/inhabiting the body of the host, deriving nutrients from them. As a result, they are provided with ready-made food from the host’s body and have the potential to cause considerable harm to the host as they are directly dependent on them.

Saprotroph:-

Saprotrophs are the living entities that derive their nutrition from the dead and decaying organic matter. Saprothrophs do not require a host. As they derive nutrition from dead matter, they are often termed as cleaning agents. Fungi and a few other bacteria are good examples of saprotrophs.