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Parasitic and Saprophytic Nutrition

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Identify the saprotroph from the given organisms.

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Algae

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Fungi

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Rhizobium

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Lichen

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Solution

The correct option is B
Fungi

Saprotrophs are organisms that derive nutrition from dead and decaying organisms. Fungi, like mushrooms and yeast, secrete digestive juices on the dead and decaying matter and convert it into simpler substances or nutrients. Then, they absorb these nutrients.

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