Question

- Explain the difference between parasites and saborophytes​

Answer 1

Answer:

Parasite lives on a living organism whereas a saprophyte lives on dead and decaying matter. It lives on a living source known as the host for its nutritional requirements. It lives on dead and decaying matter for its nutritional requirements. They are eukaryotic organisms.

Answer 2

Explanation:

a parasite is an organism that lives on or in a foot organism and get its food from or at the expense of its host. there are many classes of parasites that can cause disease disease in humans: Protozoa, helminths and ectoparasites.

Examples :- tapeworms, fleas etc.

Saborophytes :- saprophytes are organisms that cannot make their own food. in order to survive, they feed on dead and decaying matter. fungi and few species of bacteria are saprophytes.