Definition of Saprobes

1. Noun. (plural of saprobe) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Saprobes

1. saprobe [n] - See also: saprobe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saprobes

sappled
sapples
sappling
sappodilla
sappodillas
sappy
sapr-
sapraemia
sapraemias
sapremia
sapremias
sapremic
saprists
sapro-
saprobe
saprobes (current term)
saprobial
saprobic
saprodontia
saprogen
saprogenic
saprogenicities
saprogenicity
saprol
saprolite
saprolites
sapropel
sapropelic
sapropels
saprophagan

Literary usage of Saprobes

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

1. Managing Forest Ecosystems to Conserve Fungus Diversity and Sustain Wild edited by David Pilz, Randy Molina (1998)
"... Hericium abietis, and Sparassis crispa) does occur in the wild, but many prized edible saprobes, such as Pleurotus and Agaricus species, are relatively ..."

2. Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held by K M Old, J K Sharma, S S Lee (1997)
"C. gloeosporioides is a complex of species which range from wide- spectrum saprobes and weak parasites and secondary colonizers, to narrowly host-specific ..."

3. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals by Kimberly Sue Waggie (1994)
"Dermatophytes grow readily as saprobes. The characteristic spore producing growth may be replaced by a sterile mycelium. This phenomenon, which is known as ..."

4. A Manual of Rice Seed Health Testing by T W Mew, J K Misra (1994)
"... without detectably increasing in length phytopathogenic = organisms characteristically either parasites of leaving plants or saprobes of plant material ..."

5. Managing Forest Ecosystems to Conserve Fungus Diversity and Sustain Wild edited by David Pilz, Randy Molina (1998)
"... Hericium abietis, and Sparassis crispa) does occur in the wild, but many prized edible saprobes, such as Pleurotus and Agaricus species, are relatively ..."

6. Diseases of Tropical Acacias: Proceedings of an International Workshop Held by K M Old, J K Sharma, S S Lee (1997)
"C. gloeosporioides is a complex of species which range from wide- spectrum saprobes and weak parasites and secondary colonizers, to narrowly host-specific ..."

7. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals by Kimberly Sue Waggie (1994)
"Dermatophytes grow readily as saprobes. The characteristic spore producing growth may be replaced by a sterile mycelium. This phenomenon, which is known as ..."

8. A Manual of Rice Seed Health Testing by T W Mew, J K Misra (1994)
"... without detectably increasing in length phytopathogenic = organisms characteristically either parasites of leaving plants or saprobes of plant material ..."

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