the organism having parasitic mode of nutrition is?a)penicillium b)plasmodium c)paramecium d)parrot e)none of these
Answers
The answer is Option B - Plasmodium.
The organism having parasitic mode of nutrition is plasmodium.
Plasmodium is a type of unicellular eukaryotes comprising parasites of insects and vertebrates. There are more than 200 species and 14 subgenera of plasmodium based on host range and parasite morphology. These parasites were first discovered by Charles Laveran towards the middle to end of the 19th century.
Organism having parasitic mode of nutrition is Plasmodium.
Explanation:
The mode of nutrition in which the one organism lives on the other called host and is solely dependent on the host for its survival. It completely utilizes the host and after exhaustion of host moves to other organism.
Plasmodium is one such protozoan, which enters the human body and causes malarial disease. It feeds upon the blood and utilizes it for development of its cycle and shunts the body’s ability to utilize the blood for normal functioning of the body.