Question

What is the mode of nutrition of plasmodium and fungi?

Answer 1

Mode of nutrition in Fungi:

1. Fungi obtain their food by absorbing organic substances from their surroundings.
2. These are saprophytic in nature, that is, they feed on dead and decaying matter.
3. Fungi are heterotrophic organisms.
4. Fungi eat organic stuff that has died, such as leaf litter, dirt, manure, timber, and dead animals.

Mode of nutrition in Plasmodium:

1. In plasmodium, the mechanism of nourishment is parasitic.
2. It feeds on the blood of the host cell and infects the host with malaria.