Question

Write a short note on parasitic mode of nutrition.

Answer 1

1. Parasitic nutrition is a mode of heterotrophic nutrition in which the organisms live on or inside the body of other organisms and take their nutrients from them.

2. The organism which takes the food is called a parasite and the organism from whose body food is taken is called the host.

3. Example of organisms having a parasitic mode of nutrition is several fungi, bacteria, plants like Cuscuta, and animals like Plasmodium.