2006-10-29 09:21:53 · 10 answers · asked by no name 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A saprotroph (or saprobe) is an organism that obtains its nutrients from non-living organic matter, usually dead and decaying plant or animal matter, by absorbing soluble organic compounds. Since saprotrophs cannot make food for themselves, they are considered a type of heterotroph. They include many fungi (the rest being parasitic, commensal or mutualistic symbionts), bacteria, and protozoa. Animal scavengers, such as dung beetles, and vultures and a few unusual non-photosynthetic plants are also sometimes referred to as saprotrophs, but are more commonly called saprophages.
Saprophyte is an older term that is now considered obsolete. The suffix -phyte means "plant". However, there are no truly saprotrophic organisms that are embryophytes, and fungi and bacteria are no longer placed in the Plant Kingdom. Plants that were once considered saprophytes, such as non-photosynthetic orchids and monotropes, are now known to be parasites on other plants. They are termed myco-heterotrophs because a mycorrhizal fungus connects the parasitic plant with its host plant.
Some saprotrophic organisms are useful scavengers, and in sewage farms and refuse dumps break down organic matter into nutrients easily assimilable by green plants.
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2006-10-29 23:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saprobe Definition
2016-12-17 08:56:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh, no, have eaten mushrooms before, and once had them growing up in the carpet in a bathroom, shared by... let's see here... Ten. Ten people, half of which showered twice a day, and it seemed NOBODY understood how to use a shower curtain... Installing shower doors, and evicting half the room mates solved that one. As who knew shower doors were some hi-tech hard to understand device either... dang, I'm ranting today... will be better soon... promise.
2016-03-13 08:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by Margaret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not a group. It is any organism that gets it's nutrients from dead or decaying matter. Fungi would certainly fall in to this group, but so would some bacteria.
2006-10-29 09:28:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what are saprobes?....are they fungus?
2015-08-16 12:27:39 · answer #5 · answered by Phillida 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saprobes
2016-10-06 05:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a saprobe is an organism that decomposes things by absorption of nutrients from organic matter. It's not a fungi.
2006-10-29 10:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Wagr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-29 08:43:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They prefer to be called fungi-american
2006-10-29 19:21:22 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-29 09:31:51 · answer #10 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋