saprophytic

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  • Adjective:
    obtaining food osmotically from dissolved organic material
    (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter

Word Origin

saprophytic (adj.)
1872; see saprophyte + -ic.

Example

1. What are the similarities between saprophytic and parasitic nutrition
2. The sensitivity and specificity of the assay were evaluated using 7 saprophytic serovars , 37 pathogenic serovars , and 15 other microorganisms .
3. Large family of mainly saprophytic imperfect fungi .
4. They are saprophytic bacteria & fungi .
5. With a named example , explain saprophytic nutrition .

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