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Define external digestion​

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Answer: External digestion is when the bacteria secretes digestive enzymes to break down the food outside of the "body" and then it sucks it up!

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Saprobionts eat by secreting enzymes through the cell membrane onto their food, a process known as extracellular phototropic digestion. The enzymes catalyze the breakdown of food into molecules small enough to be absorbed by passive diffusion, transport, osmotrophy, or phagocytosis.

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