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What are saprophytes?

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1. Saprophyte- is an organism that gets its energy from dead and decaying organic matter. This may be decaying pieces of plants or animals. This means that saprophytes are heterotrophs. They are consumers in the food chain.
2. Some examples of saprophytes are the bacteria that subsist on human waste, the ink cap mushroom and non-photosynthetic plants, such as Indian pipe and gnome plant.

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