Saprophytism occurs in fungi and bacteria known as saprophytes.They obtain organic foods from dead organisms.They digest the complex organic food outside their bodies and absorb the simple organic substances produced.
Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saprophytism) Saprotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of dead or decayed organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs or heterotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi, for example Mucor and Rhizopus. (
