Question

What is saprozoic nutrition?

Answer 1

Saprozoic nutrition:

1. In this mode of nutrition, the organism meets the nutritional requirement by absorption of dissolved salt and simple organic molecules from the surrounding environment.
2. Some unicellular protozoans absorb liquid organic molecules from their surroundings and use them as food in saprozoic feeding.
3. For example - In the absence of sunlight, Euglena derives its food from the saprozoic mode of nutrition.