- Look up
saprotroph in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprəˈtrɒfɪk, -proʊ-/ or
lysotrophic nutrition is a
process of chemoheterotrophic...
- in the
phylum Ascomycota. It is an
exclusively clonal,
anthropophilic saprotroph that
colonizes the
upper layers of dead skin, and is the most
common cause...
-
Dikarya (Ascomycota and Basidiomycota). The
blastocladiomycetes are
saprotrophs,
feeding on
decomposing organic matter, and they are
parasites of all...
- twigs. As
matter decomposes within a
medium in
which a
saprotroph is residing, the
saprotroph breaks such
matter down into its composites. M. roseoflava...
- with
trees and
other woody plants,
parasites such as Armillaria, and
saprotrophs.
These orchids are
known as myco-heterotrophs, but were
formerly (incorrectly)...
- that also use
saprotrophic nutrition and both are
classified as
saprotrophs. A
saprotroph is a type of
decomposer that
feeds exclusively on dead and decaying...
-
tropical America,
southeast Asia, and Australia,
where it
grows as a
saprotroph on
hardwood logs. This
species does have two
synonyms which are Agaricus...
- Sco****riopsis brevicaulis.
Microascus brevicaulis occurs world-wide as a
saprotroph in soil, a
common agent of biodeterioration, an
irregular plant pathogen...
- humus, and
usually lacking chlorophyll.
Compare parasite,
saprotroph, and epiphyte.
saprotroph An
organism deriving its
nourishment from
decaying organic...
-
consuming detritus (decomposing
plant and
animal parts as well as ****).
Saprotrophs (also
called lysotrophs) are
chemoheterotrophs that use extracellular...
