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What types of organisms are saprophytes?
Saprophytes are organisms that obtain nutrients by decomposing dead organic matter. They include fungi, bacteria, and some protists. These organisms play a crucial role in recycling nutrients in ecosystems.
Which fungus is a famous antibiotic?
fungi are eukaryotic saprophytes,some are beneficial to man while some cause disease
Do saprophytes live on by eating plants?
Saprophytes are fungi and live of dead and decaying matter, not live plant material
What are the plants that are not green called?
Saprophytes
Do saprophytes have thick walls called endospores?
No, saprophytes do not have thick walls called endospores. Endospores are a type of resistant structure formed by some bacteria, such as Bacillus and Clostridium, to survive harsh conditions. Saprophytes are organisms that obtain nutrients from decaying organic matter in their environment, such as fungi and some bacteria, but they do not form endospores.
A fungus or other creature that feeds on dead matter is called?
because its the gravity of the earth that appears generally
What is the organisms you found which ones might be called saprophytes?
Monotropa uniflora, also known as the Ghost Plant, Indian Pipe, or Corpse Plant is a saprophytes.All fungus are Saprophytes
What types of organisms are saprophytes?
Saprophytes are organisms that obtain nutrients by decomposing dead organic matter. They include fungi, bacteria, and some protists. These organisms play a crucial role in recycling nutrients in ecosystems.
Which fungus is a famous antibiotic?
fungi are eukaryotic saprophytes,some are beneficial to man while some cause disease
what is saprophyte?
The official definition for the word saprophyte is "a plant, fungus, or microorganism that lives on dead or decaying organic matter."
What is the mode of nutrition in saprophytes?
saprophytic nutrition which is external.Majorly decaying matter of dead organisms is feed on.
What is the meaning of saprophytes?
Saprophyte is a plant, fungus or bacterium that gains its nourishment directly from dead or decaying organic matter. these are the organisms that decompose dead organic matter. "saprophytes" is a word for the saprophytic organisms, and saprophytic is just a method of eating in which dead material is the choice of food. For example fungi like mushrooms are saprophytes because the absorb dead matter, while some bacteria are saprophytes because they decompose dead animals. But remember not all fungi and bacteria are saprophytes, there are many ways to get food!
What does the word fungus mean?
The word itself comes from the Latin "fungus" ( mushroom). It covers a wide range of simple saprophytes generally called, mushrooms, toadstools, mold, etc. It can also be used in the description of Fungal infections, or mycoses, which are caused by fungi. Athlete's foot is a common example.
Is there term like obligate saprophyte and facultative saprophyte?
Yes, obligate saprophytes are organisms that can only survive by decomposing organic matter, while facultative saprophytes can switch between being parasitic and saprophytic depending on the availability of resources.
What do you understand by saprophytes?
Saprophytes are the plants which derive their food from the dead and decaying organic matter
Are mushroom parasites or saprophytes?
They are saprophytes because they live on other decaying matter for their food
What is different between scavenger and saprophytes?
scavengers can highly concave animals or plants but saprophytes are microorganisms
