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Meanings of saprotrophic nutrition in English

Russian
сапрофиты
Portuguese
saprótrofo
Spanish
saprofito
Catalan
saprofítics
Wikidata

Process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion.

сапрофиты
Russian
сапротрофия
Catalan
sapròfit
Spanish
nutrición saprotrófica
Wikidata

The mode of nutrition in which organisms take in nutrients from dead and decaying matter.

сапротрофия
Synonyms
Examples for "saprophytes"
Examples for "saprophytes"
1
The Mucoraceae family of fungi are environmental saprophytes and are often found in rodent bedding.
Pubmed
2
Leptospira is a genus of spirochaetes that includes organisms with a variety of lifestyles ranging from aquatic saprophytes to invasive pathogens.
Pubmed