NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
NUTRITION
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The organism that obtains nutrients from the dead or decaying organic matter is called saprotroph . Examples of parasites are Cuscuta and orchids. Examples of saprotrophs are fungi and some bacteria.
Detailed explanation-2: -Broadly, fungi are either saprotrophs (saprobes), which decay dead organic matter, or symbionts, which obtain carbon from living organisms. A polypore mushroom is attacked by a parasitic fungus. A few fungi attack small living organisms so aggressively that they have been called carnivorous.
Detailed explanation-3: -EXPLANATION: Saprotrophs take their food in solution form, from dead and decaying matter. Bacteria, fungi, and fungus-like organisms are examples of saprotrophs. Saprotrophic microbes fungi are also known as saprobes and saprotrophic plants are called saprophytes.