saprophyte

As nouns the difference between saprophyte and saprotrophy

is that saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria while saprotrophy is saprotrophic feeding.

Saprophyte is a related term of saprobic.

As an adjective saprobic

is of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a saprobe or saprobes; that feeds on dead or decaying organic matter.

As a noun saprophyte is

any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As nouns the difference between scavenger and saprophyte

is that scavenger is a street sweeper while saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As nouns the difference between saprophage and saprophyte

is that saprophage is a detritivore while saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As a noun saprophyte

is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As an adjective saprotrophic is

of or pertaining to saprotrophs (or saprobes).

As nouns the difference between autotroph and saprophyte

is that autotroph is (biology) any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy while saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As a noun saprophyte

is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.

As an adjective saprozoic is

feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.

As nouns the difference between saprophyte and sporophyte

is that saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria while sporophyte is a plant (or the diploid phase in its life cycle) which produces spores by meiosis in order to produce gametophytes.

As nouns the difference between decomposers and saprophyte

is that decomposers is while saprophyte is any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.