saprotrophic

(adjective)

Extra-cellular digestion involved in the processing of dead or decayed organic matter

Related Terms

  • quorum sensing
  • stigmergy

Examples of saprotrophic in the following topics:

  • Plant Pathogens

    • Many soil inhabiting fungi are capable of living saprotrophically , carrying out the part of their lifecycle in the soil .
    • These are known as facultative saprotrophs.
  • Starvation-Induced Fruiting Bodies

    • Myxococcus xanthus colonies exist as a self-organized, predatory, saprotrophic, single-species biofilm called a swarm .
  • Wetland Soils

    • Saprotrophs, well represented by fungi and bacteria, extract soluble nutrients from delitro.
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