Difference between holozoic and saprotrophic nutrition?

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Holozoic Nutrition: This type of nutrition involves the taking in of solid or liquid (in case of fluid feeders) particles of food which have to be further broken down into simpler particles inside the organism. These particles may be big or small. Most animals are having this type of nutrition. They obtain food from external sources (From plants, animals and their products). It involves a stepwise process like ingestion, digestion, absorption and assimilation. Example: Human Beings.

Saprophytic Nutrition:  The mode of nutrition in which the organism takes nutrients in solution from dead and decaying matter is called saprophytic nutrition. Organisms which use the saprophytic mode of nutrition are called saprophytes. Example: Fungus, Bacterium etc. 

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