The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called ______ nutrition.

parasitic

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saprotrophic

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autotrophic

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symbiotic

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Solution

The correct option is B saprotrophic
The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter is called saprotrophic nutrition.
Example: Fungi.

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