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saprobic [sə′prō·bik]
(botany) Living on decaying organic matter; applied to plants and microorganisms. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | Identification and quantification of these rotifers and comparing this to the saprobic index indicated the water to be moderately to heavily polluted at the time (Foissner, 1992; Sladecek, 1983) (Table 4). If we didn't have saprobic fungi, Earth would be buried in hundreds of feet of accumulated plants that can only be broken down by these fungi. 2005), plausible arguments can be made for the likelihood of increased fungal biomass (and resulting sporulation) under climate change scenarios that would include increases in both mycorrhizal fungi to facilitate enhanced plant growth and saprobic fungi to degrade the increased plant biomass generated. |
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SAPPS SAPPSI sappy SAPQ SAPR sapr(o)- sapr- sapr- SAPRA sapraemia sapraemia SAPRC sapremia sapremia sapremic sapremic Sapri SAPRIN Saprist SAPRL SAPRO sapro- sapro- saprobe saprobe saprobe Saprobes saprobial saprobial saprobial saprobic saprobicallysaprobically saprobically saprobiological saprobiologist saprobiology Saprobiont Saprobiontic Saprobity saprocyclozoonoses saprogen saprogen saprogenic saprogenic saprogenicity saprogenicity saprogenous saprogenous saprogenous ooze Saprolegnia Saprolegnia Saprolegnia ferax Saprolegniales Saprolegniales saprolegniasis saprolite saprolite saprolith Saprolitic Saprolitic | |||||||
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