Define "Saprophytic nutrition". Give one example of an organism that exhibits this mode of nutrition.

  • A
    A process where organisms ingest solid food.
  • B
    A process where organisms live on or inside a host body to derive nutrition.
  • C
    A process where organisms prepare their own food using sunlight.
  • D
    A process where organisms obtain nutrients from dead and decaying organic matter.

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