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What is heterotrophic mode of nutrition ?

Ans:- Hetrotrophs are organisms which depend on other organisms or dead organic matter for their food sources. This type of nutrition is said to be the heterotrophic mode of nutrition

I think .......Here the answer for Hetrotrophs definition have a mistake because dead organic matter definition for saprotroph

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The definition is correct.Saprotroph is the subdivision of HetreotrophsAll saprotrophs are hetretrophs
Heterotrophs are the organisms that depend on plants or other organisms for their food. Heterotrophic type of nutrition can be categorized into parasitic mode, saprophytic mode and symbiotic mode of nutrition. ... Saprotrophs are the organisms that obtain their nutrition from dead and decaying organic matter

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