Q.3 Identify the type of nutrition exhibited by the given figure and define the process
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saprophytic nutrition
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The given figure is of Bread mould that follows the Saprophytic mode of nutrition.
- The binomial of bread mould is Rhizopus stolonifer, a saprophytic fungus that belongs to the division Zygomycota.
- They depend on dead and decaying organic matter for the acquisition of nutrients by breaking down the substrate using their own digestive enzymes and absorbs into the body. This mode of absorptive nutrition is known as saprophytic nutrition.
- Saprobes thus break down the complex organic matter into simpler substances and carry out extracellular digestion.
- Saprotrophs are devoid of chlorophyll pigment and are not able to perform photosynthesis, therefore generally appears colourless and relies on organic matter for their energy requirements to run out the metabolic process.
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