Question

Some organisms break food out side the body. How?

Answer 1

certain organisms like bread moulds and mushrooms secret enzymes and digest food outside.The digested food is absorbed during growth.
saprophytes usually use extracellular mode of digestion.








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Answer 2

Answer:

Extracellular digestion:

>In the word extracellular means outside the cell so the digestion that occurs outside the cell is called as extracellular digestion.

>In this process, food is broken down outside the body with the help of some hydrolytic enzymes secreted by the organism.

>Then the nearby cells absorb the newly broken down components of food or nutrients released.

Extracellular digestion in Fungi:

>This process mainly occurs in the fungi because they have no proper digestive system.

> They use extracellular digestion.

> Fungi are also called decomposers as they use extracellular digestion.

> For example- you can see mold on the kitchen counter, on bread pieces, on oranges, etc.

>That mold is actually a fungus.

> The fungus secrete some hydrolytic enzymes upon the food component that break down the food in simple substances or nutrients.

>The fungi cells then absorb the nutrients released.