The term that is used for the mode of nutrition in yeast, mushrooms, and bread-mold is

Insectivorous

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Saprophytic

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Parasitic

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Autotrophic

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Solution

The correct option is B Saprophytic
These organisms (yeast, mushrooms, and bread-mould) are called “fungi”. They have a different modes of nutrition. They secrete digestive juices on the dead and decaying matter and convert it into a solution. Then they absorb the nutrients from it. This mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients in solution form from dead and decaying matter is called “saprotrophic nutrition”.

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