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Definition of Saprophytic organism

1. Noun. An organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprophytic Organism

Literary usage of Saprophytic organism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"I have not been able to find any reference to the occurrence of leptothrix in empyema as a saprophytic organism. REFERENCES. 1 Williams; Dental Cosmos. ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is of special interest because it is essentially a saprophytic organism producing in food in the absence of air a most potent poison which affects man ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is of special interest because it is essentially i saprophytic organism producing in food in tbt absence of air a most potent poison which affects man ..."

4. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1903)
"By evolutionary changes consummated in a few generations, a saprophytic organism may become parasitic; while most parasitic forms can accustom themselves to ..."

5. Manual of Bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1907)
"It must not, however, be inferred from such experiments that a similar result will necessarily follow in nature, as any particular saprophytic organism ..."

6. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... a saprophytic organism found in water, was isolated by Cao from the feces of Blatta orientalis in a single series of experiments. ..."

7. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1905)
"I have not been able to find any reference to the occurrence of leptothrix in empyema as a saprophytic organism. REFERENCES. 1 Williams; Dental Cosmos. ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is of special interest because it is essentially a saprophytic organism producing in food in the absence of air a most potent poison which affects man ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"It is of special interest because it is essentially i saprophytic organism producing in food in tbt absence of air a most potent poison which affects man ..."

10. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1903)
"By evolutionary changes consummated in a few generations, a saprophytic organism may become parasitic; while most parasitic forms can accustom themselves to ..."

11. Manual of Bacteriology by Robert Muir, James Ritchie (1907)
"It must not, however, be inferred from such experiments that a similar result will necessarily follow in nature, as any particular saprophytic organism ..."

12. Sanitary Entomology: The Entomology of Disease, Hygiene and Sanitation by William Dwight Pierce (1921)
"... a saprophytic organism found in water, was isolated by Cao from the feces of Blatta orientalis in a single series of experiments. ..."

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