Analyze the statements below, and select those that correctly apply to the feeding mechanisms of saprobes and parasites.

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The term saprobe applies to those organisms that feed by decomposing dead organic matter, whereas parasites derive their nutrients from a living host.

The term saprobe applies to those organisms that feed by decomposing living host tissues whereas parasites derive their nutrients by decomposing dead organisms.

Some saprobes are strict decomposers, whereas others can infect a susceptible host, becoming opportunistic pathogens.

Saprobes with a rigid cell wall must secrete extracellular enzymes into their surroundings in order to digest large organic