How do non-green plants such as fungi an...

How do non-green plants such as fungi and bacteria obtain their nourishment?

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1) Fungi and bacteria obtain their food by heterotrophic nutrition.
2) Some of them are saprophytes and get their food by decomposing the organic mat- ter . Ex : Yeast , Rhizopus.
3) Some of them are parasites and invade host cells and absorb necessary nutrients from them . Ex : Salmonella typhi, T.B. Bacteria.

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Sugar transport

Activation of enzymes

Acting as enzyme cofactor

Photosynthesis

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Mode of nutrition

Having NAG in cell wall

Flagella structure

Reserve food material as glycogen

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Sun

infra red rays

organic substances

inorganic chemical