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PRONUNCIATION OF SAPROTROPHIC

saprotrophic  [ˌsæprəʊˈtrəʊfɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAPROTROPHIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Saprotrophic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SAPROTROPHIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

saprotrophic

Saprotrophic nutrition

Saprotrophic nutrition /sæprɵˈtrɒfɪk/ is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of dead or decayed organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs or heterotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi and soil bacteria. Saprotrophic microscopic fungi are sometimes called saprobes; saprotrophic plants or bacterial flora are called saprophytes. The process is most often facilitated through the active transport of such materials through endocytosis within the internal mycelium and its constituent hyphae. Various word roots relating to decayed matter, eating and nutrition, and plants or life forms produce various terms, such as detritivore, detritophage, saprotroph, saprophyte, saprophage, and saprobe; their meanings overlap, although technical distinctions narrow the senses. For example, usage distinctions can be made based on macroscopic swallowing of detritus versus microscopic lysis of detritus.

Definition of saprotrophic in the English dictionary

The definition of saprotrophic in the dictionary is living and feeding on dead organic matter.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAPROTROPHIC


bibliographic
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈɡræfɪk
catastrophic
ˌkætəˈstrɒfɪk
corticotrophic
ˌkɔːtɪkəʊˈtrəʊfɪk
demographic
ˌdɛməˈɡræfɪk
fanfic
ˈfænˌfɪk
graphic
ˈɡræfɪk
holographic
ˌhɒləˈɡræfɪk
horrific
hɒˈrɪfɪk
mixotrophic
ˌmɪksəˈtrəʊfɪk
pacific
pəˈsɪfɪk
photographic
ˌfəʊtəˈɡræfɪk
pornographic
ˌpɔːnəˈɡræfɪk
prolific
prəˈlɪfɪk
scientific
ˌsaɪənˈtɪfɪk
somatotrophic
ˌsəʊmətəʊˈtrəʊfɪk
specific
spɪˈsɪfɪk
terrific
təˈrɪfɪk
thyrotrophic
ˌθaɪrəˈtrəʊfɪk
topographic
ˌtɒpəˈɡræfɪk
traffic
ˈtræfɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAPROTROPHIC

saprobic
saprobiont
saprobiotic
saprogenic
saprogenicity
saprogenous
saprolegnia
saprolite
saprolitic
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropelite
saprophagous
saprophyte
saprophytic
saprophytically
saprophytism
saprotroph
saprotrophically
saprozoic

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAPROTROPHIC

adrenocorticotrophic
anthroposophic
apostrophic
atrophic
autotrophic
auxotrophic
dystrophic
eutrophic
geographic
geostrophic
heterotrophic
hypertrophic
mesotrophic
necrotrophic
neurotrophic
oligotrophic
philosophic
photoautotrophic
phototrophic
strophic
trophic

Synonyms and antonyms of saprotrophic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «saprotrophic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAPROTROPHIC

Find out the translation of saprotrophic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of saprotrophic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «saprotrophic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

saprotrophic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

saprotrophic
570 millions of speakers

English

saprotrophic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

saprotrophic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

saprotrophic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сапротрофных
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

saprotrophic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

saprotrophic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

saprotrophic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Saprotrophic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

saprotrophen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

saprotrophic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

saprotrophic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Saprotrophic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

saprotrophic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

saprotrophic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Saprotrophic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saprotrofik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

saprotrophic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

saprotrophic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сапротрофних
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

saprotrofe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

saprotrophic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

saprotrophic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

saprotrophic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

saprotrophic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of saprotrophic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROTROPHIC»

The term «saprotrophic» is normally little used and occupies the 148.741 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAPROTROPHIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about saprotrophic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAPROTROPHIC»

Discover the use of saprotrophic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to saprotrophic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ecology of Saprotrophic Basidiomycetes
This is tantamount to understanding the role of fungi in natural ecosystems because they are major agents of decomposition and nutrient cycling.
Lynne Boddy, Juliet Frankland, Pieter van West, 2007
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Fungi in the Environment
7. Natural. abundance. of. 15N. and. 13C. in. saprotrophic. fungi: what. can. they. tell. us? ANDY F.S.TAYLOR AND PETRA M.A.FRANSSON Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala Introduction The aim of this chapter is to ...
Geoffrey Gadd, Sarah C. Watkinson, Paul S. Dyer, 2007
3
Biotic Interactions in Plant-pathogen Associations
Feeding. on. Plant-pathogenic. 5. Fungi. by. Invertebrates: Comparison. with. Saprotrophic. and. Mycorrhizal. Systems. T.P. McGoniglel'2 and M. Hyakumachil lFacu/ty ofAgricu/ture, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1 193, japan; Department of ...
Michael J. Jeger, N. J. Spence, 2001
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Microorganisms in Soils: Roles in Genesis and Functions: ...
Recently, independent verification of mycorrhizal or saprotrophic status in fungi has been obtained using radiocarbon (14C) measurements (Hobbie et al. 2002). The 14C content of atmospheric CO2 started to increase in the early 1950s as a ...
Francois Buscot, Ajit Varma, 2006
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Fungi in Ecosystem Processes
In a laboratory study of controlled mycorrhizal inoculation of trees in the presence and absence of saprotrophic fungi, Dighton et al. (1987) showed that the presence of the saprotrophic fungus Mycena galopus reduced the decomposition  ...
John Dighton, 2003
6
Effectors in Plant-Microbe Interactions
The ancestors of present-day ECM fungi are proposed to have been saprotrophic (Hibbett and Matheny, 2009). Over evolutionary time, due to the benefits of interaction with plant hosts, certain independent lineages of saprotrophic brown- rot ...
Francis Martin, Sophien Kamoun, 2012
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The Rhizosphere: An Ecological Perspective
Based on a trenching study, Gadgil and Gadgil (1971) suggested that EM fungi might reduce decomposition rates by competing with saprotrophic fungi for nutrients. Microcosm studies in which saprotrophic and mycorrhizal mycelial systems ...
Zoe G. Cardon, Julie Lynn Whitbeck, 2011
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dsRNA Genetic Elements: Concepts and Applications in ...
The annual disease cycle is characterized by saprotrophic and pathogenic phases. At the start of the saprotrophic phase in summer and autumn, bark of diseased trees is colonized by beetles carrying spores of O. ulmi or O. novo-ulmi.
Stellos M. Tavantzis, 2001
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Microorganisms in Home and Indoor Work Environments: ...
ENVIRONMENTS. J.David Miller Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada INTRODUCTION The firm recognition in the past few years that saprotrophic fungi and bacteria could have serious, even life- threatening, ...
Brian Flannigan, Robert A. Samson, J. David Miller, 2003
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The Elms: Breeding, Conservation, and Disease Management
The transmission parameter $ is effectively a measure of lethality which is a composite measure of the ability of the fungus to kill trees and the prevalence and successful transmission of inoculum arising from saprotrophic multiplication  ...
C.P. Dunn, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAPROTROPHIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term saprotrophic is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Technology That Will Build Our Future May Be Found In …
They require only water, nutrients, and a steady supply of carbon to keep building forward. Saprotrophic fungi mine their carbon from the soil, by breaking down ... «Gizmodo, Apr 15»
2
Public Release: 24-Feb-2015 Key genes for symbiosis between …
... of plant cell wall degrading enzymes in fungi and to reconstruct at which time saprotrophic and symbiotic fungi diverged from their last common ancestors. «EurekAlert, Feb 15»
3
Retracing the roots of fungal symbioses
... the team could work backwards to estimate when saprotrophic and mutualistic lineages last shared common ancestors based on the amount of divergence. «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
4
Study reveals effect of habitat fragmentation on forest carbon cycle
Dr Martha Crockatt of Earthwatch said: "Saprotrophic fungi control the cycling of carbon and nutrients from wood in forests, and their responses to changes in ... «Phys.Org, Aug 14»
5
Book Review: Mushrooms for Trees and People
Another group of fungi, the saprotrophic fungi, play the key role of decomposing woody debris and leaf litter, and in this way return organic matter and nutrients ... «GoKunming, Jul 14»
6
New Clues About White Nose Syndrome Revealed
... "Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to cave-dwelling relatives suggests reduced saprotrophic enzyme activity," ... «RedOrbit, Jan 14»
7
UA researchers trace bat killer's path
... "Comparison of the White-Nose Syndrome agent Pseudogymnoascus destructans to cave-dwelling relatives suggests reduced saprotrophic enzyme activity," ... «Phys.Org, Jan 14»
8
Don't fear the giant fungus of Southernhay, says Exeter nature expert
It is capable of obtaining its nutrition either by living as a parasite or by acting as a saprotrophic agent of decay. In all probability the Southernhay giant had been ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Nov 13»
9
Civilisations rise and fall in the woods
Some are saprotrophic, breaking down organic remains of stumps, sticks or leaves. Some are mycorrhizal, bonding with roots of trees or other plants in a ... «The Guardian, Oct 13»
10
Mushroom Farming: A Cure For Nigeria's Mono-Economy Syndrome
TYPES. There are many types of mushrooms and they can be categorized into four: Saprotrophic, Mycorrhizal, Parasitic, and Entophytic. HEALTH BENEFITS. «P.M. News, Jul 13»

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