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Saprobe vs Saprophyte - What's the difference?

saprobe | saprophyte | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between saprobe and saprophyte

is that saprobe is an organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material while saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

saprobe

English

Noun

(wikipedia saprobe) (en noun)
  • An organism that lives off of dead or decaying organic material.

    • Synonyms

    * saprotroph

    Meronyms

    * mushroom

    saprophyte

    English

    (Saprotrophic nutrition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    *

    Derived terms

    * *

    See also

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