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Q. Mode of nutrition in Trypanosoma is:

Delhi UMET/DPMTDelhi UMET/DPMT 2006

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Trypanosoma belongs to phylum Protozoa. Trypanosoma gambiense is unicellular and causes African sleeping sickness in man. This is parasite and lives in the blood stream and lymph glands of infected person in early stage of disease.
Among animals Euglena contains chlorophyll and therefore, photo autotrophic in nature. Euglena is consider as connecting link between plants and animals. Few animals secrete digestive enzymes directly into their food outside the body and they are called saprozoic e.g., spiders, housefly, etc.