- Look up
saprophyte in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Saprophyte may
refer to: Saprotrophs; organisms,
particularly fungi,
which obtain nutrients directly...
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sometimes called saprobes.
Saprotrophic plants or
bacterial flora are
called saprophytes (sapro- 'rotten material' + -phyte 'plant'),
although it is now believed[citation...
- The
honey fungus,
Armillaria mellea, is a
parasite of trees, and a
saprophyte feeding on the
trees it has killed....
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mycorrhizal (non-parasitic) genus.
Because Armillaria is a
facultative saprophyte, it also
feeds on dead
plant material,
allowing it to kill its host, unlike...
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beneficial commensals,
which grow on the skin and
mucous membranes, and
saprophytes,
which grow
mainly in the soil and in
decaying matter. The
blood and...
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prescribed in
organ transplants to
prevent rejection. Tri****rma,
being a
saprophyte adapted to
thrive in
diverse situations,
produces a wide
array of enzymes...
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bacteria to
travel from cell to cell. L.
monocytogenes can act as a
saprophyte or a pathogen,
depending on its environment. When this
bacterium is present...
- σήπειν, σαπρός (saprós), σαπρότης sapraemia, saprogenic, saprophagous,
saprophyte,
saprotrophic sarc-
flesh Gr**** σάρξ, σαρκός (sárx, sarkós) perisarc,...
- 1950s, S. marcescens was
erroneously believed to be a
nonpathogenic "
saprophyte", and its
reddish coloration was used in
school experiments to
track infections...
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report yields of H. erinaceus
averaging at 165 g per 1 kg medium. As a
saprophyte that
occurs on dead wood, H.
erinaceus requires adequate substrate factors...
