Saprophytic Nutrition

In saprophytic nutrition the organisms obtain their food from dead and decaying organic matter of dead plants, dead animals and other decomposing organic matter. And the organisms which obtain their food from dead and decaying organic matter of dead plants, dead...

Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores

The organisms having holozoic nutrition are further classified in three categories. These are: Carnivores Herbivores and Omnivore   Carnivores The organisms which eat other animals or meat only are called carnivores. For example, lion, bear, snake, crocodile, lizard,...

Holozoic nutrition

A heterotrophic organism can obtain its food from other organisms in following three ways: Holozoic nutrition Saprophytic nutrition Parasitic nutrition Holozoic nutrition Holozoic nutrition takes place in those organisms which take solid or liquid food through the...

Heterotrophic Nutrition

The term ‘heterotroph’ consists of two words ‘hetero’ and ‘troph’. ‘Hetero’ means ‘others’ and ‘troph’ means ‘nutrition’. So, in heterotrophic nutrition the organisms cannot make their own food from carbon dioxide, water and...

Autotrophic Nutrition

All the organisms do not have same mode of nutrition, i.e. different organisms have different methods of obtaining and utilizing food. Based on the mode of nutrition, all the living organisms can be classified in two groups: Autotrophic and Heterotrophic Autotrophic...