Type of nutrition present in Entamoeba is

Saprozoic

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Parasitic

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Autotrophic

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Parasitic
Entamoeba histolytica has a parasitic mode of nutrition.
It eats red blood corpuscles and ruptured cells of the host (man) intestine.
The disease caused by it is amoebiasis. Infection occurs by ingesting cysts with food and water.
So, the correct answer is "Parasitic'.

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