saprophyte (Nomen)

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Saprophyt (n)

organism that lives on dead organic matter

Satzbeispiele & Übersetzungen

Culturing can fail due to competition or inhibition by saprophytic bacteria. If high saprophyte populations are suspected to affect the reliability of the isolation, then repeat the isolation tests after dilution of the sample in sterile water.
Beschreibung der typischen Kolonienmorphologie in Abschnitt II.3.d.