Question

What is the difference between saprophytic and parasitic nutrition?

Answer 1

Saprophytic nutrition:

Saprophytes that get their nutrients from dead organic matter or waste are said to follow saprophytic nutrition.

Parasitic nutrition:

A parasite may be a plant or animal that feeds another living organism and feeds off the nutrients from the host thereby harming it, this is called parasitic nutrition.

Sl.No	Saprophytes	Parasites
1	Its dietary needs are met by eating dead and decaying stuff.	For its nutritional needs, it feeds on a living source known as the host.
2	It has no effect on the source because it is already dead.	It causes harm to the source by infecting it or eating its food.
3	They digest in an extracellular manner.	They have an intracellular mode of nutrition.
4	Bacteria and fungi are examples.	Lice and stomach worms are examples of parasites.