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  2. Holozoic nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Protozoa, such as amoebas, and most of the free living animals, such as humans, exhibit this type of nutrition where food is taken into the body as a liquid or solid and then further broken down is known as holozoic nutrition. In Holozoic nutrition, the energy and organic building blocks are obtained by ingesting and then digesting other ...

  3. Saprotrophic nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Saprotrophic nutrition / s æ p r ə ˈ t r ɒ f ɪ k,-p r oʊ-/ [1] or lysotrophic nutrition [2] [3] is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (e.g. Mucor) and with soil bacteria.

  4. Heterotrophic nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Holozoic nutrition [a] Complex food is taken into a specialist digestive system and broken down into small pieces to be absorbed. This consists of 5 stages, ingestion, digestion, absorption, assimilation and defecation. Humans; carnivores; grazing animals Saprobiontic / saprophytic nutrition Organisms feed on dead organic remains of other ...

  5. Extracellular digestion - Wikipedia

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    Heterotrophic nutrition means that fungi utilize extracellular sources of organic energy, organic material or organic matter, for their maintenance, growth and reproduction. Energy is derived from the breakdown of the chemical bond between carbon and either carbon or other components of compounds such as a phosphate ion .

  6. Saprotrophic bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Saprotrophic bacteria are bacteria that are typically soil-dwelling and utilize saprotrophic nutrition as their primary energy source. They are often associated with soil fungi that also use saprotrophic nutrition and both are classified as saprotrophs. [1] A saprotroph is a type of decomposer that feeds exclusively on dead and decaying plant ...

  7. Pork vs. beef: Which is healthier? Dietitians reveal 3 ... - AOL

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    Pork and beef have a similar nutrition profile, but there are three major nutritional differences between the two meats. Beef is a better source of iron and vitamin B12 than pork, Politi says.

  8. Detritivore - Wikipedia

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    Instead, these other decomposers live by absorbing and metabolizing on a molecular scale (saprotrophic nutrition). The terms detritivore and decomposer are often used interchangeably, but they describe different organisms. Detritivores are usually arthropods and help in the process of remineralization. Detritivores perform the first stage of ...

  9. Is gnocchi healthier than pasta? It depends on 2 things ... - AOL

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    Pasta nutrition. In 100 grams of plain spaghetti noodles, you'll find: 158 calories. 31 grams carbohydrate. 2 grams fiber. 6 grams protein. Gnocchi nutrition. In 100 grams of potato gnocchi, you ...