| saprophytic |
obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter
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| saprophytic |
An organism that obtains nutrition from dead or decaying plant or animal tissue.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v3/n9/glossary/nrg889_g...
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| saprophytic |
Bacteria that breakdown bodies of dead plants and animals (non-living organic material), returning organic materials to the food chain. Saprophytic bacteria are usually non-pathogenic, too. Most Alken Clear-Flo® products are saprophytic.
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| saprophytic |
Neither parasitic nor making its own food.
Ãâó: www.ernestartist.org/BotanicalGlossary01.htm
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| saprophytic b. |
one that lives in decaying organic matter.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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