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

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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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