saprobic

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sa·pro·bic

(sa-prō'bik),

Pertaining to a saprobe.

sa·pro·bic

(să-prō'bik)

Pertaining to a saprobe.

saprobe

(sa'prob) [Gr. sapros, putrid, + bios, life] Saprophyte.saprobic, adjective

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A strong response to atmospheric [CO.sub.2] concentration may relate to a saprobic (growing on dead plant tissues) lifestyle.

Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations Amplify Alternaria alternata Sporulation and Total Antigen Production

What kinds of fungi can we A: Both saprobic and expect to see?

Mysterious mycorrhizae? A field trip & classroom experiment to demystify the symbioses formed between plants & fungi

coli 35 180 170 Saprobic Index (Si) Brachionus Encentrum Asplancha Rubens Lupus Brightwelli 85 170 204 Saprobic Index (Si) 3.2 2.4 2.3 6/25 Bacteria determinations: Water Fecal Enterococcus coliforms E.

Predictability of swimming prohibitions by observational parameters: a proactive public health policy, Stamford, Connecticut, 1989-2004

kiliense is primarily a saprobic soil organism; it can cause opportunistic infections in humans that typically occur after inoculation of the fungus (14).

Whole-genome sequencing to determine origin of multinational outbreak of Sarocladium kiliense bloodstream infections

terebriformis C.Agardh ex Gomont 2,9 1892 S: Indicators of pollution; X: xenosaprobic; O: oligosaprobic; [beta]: beta-mesosaprobe; [alpha]: alpha-mesosaprobic; p: polysaprobic; G: Indication strength; S: Saprobic index.

Study of Oscillatoria Vauch. genus (Cyanobacteria) from Tajan River (Mazandaran Province of Iran)

It may be noted that physicochemical environment of Jaboque is restrictive for many AMI that require water with less organic matter and nutrients; thus, those groups that thrive have adapted to the high saprobic level.

Biomass of macroinvertebrates and physicochemical characteristics of water in an Andean urban wetland of Colombia/Biomassa de macroinvertebrados e caracteristicas fisicas e quimicas da agua em um pantanal urbano dos Andes na Colombia

Currently the array of indices used include the Specific Polluosensitivity Index (SPI) [2], the Saprobity Index (SI) [35], the Diatom Assemblage Index for organic pollution (DAIpo) [47], Generic Diatom Index (GDI) [33], the European Economic Community index (EEC) [3], the Trophic Index of van Dam [44], the Trophic Diatom Index (TDI) [13], the Saprobic Index of Rott [32] and the standardized Biological Diatom Index (BDI) [23].

Evaluation of the trophic benthic diatom index in some main rivers of Thailand

A few of them are symbiotic and remaining are saprobic. Its basidiomes are typically solitary, occasionally subcaespitose, filiform to clavate, ligulate or turbinate, in some species truncate and sterile at the expanded apex without marginal growth, light yellow or light orchraceous, brown, rufescent or ferruginous, flesh rather firm, not brittle, spongy in large fruitbodies (Methven, 1990).

Intraspecific rDNA-ITS Polymorphism within Clavariadelphus subfastigiatus (Basidiomycota: Gomphoid-phalloid Clade) from Pakistan

2005), plausible arguments can be made for the likelihood of increased fungal biomass (and resulting sporulation) under climate change scenarios that would include increases in both mycorrhizal fungi to facilitate enhanced plant growth and saprobic fungi to degrade the increased plant biomass generated.

How exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, outdoor air pollutants, and increased pollen burdens influences the incidence of asthma

The ubiquitous and saprobic characteristics of the offending taxon (Aspergillus fumigatus), its reduction, or in some instances elimination, were difficult.

Reduction and growth inhibition of microorganisms in commercial and institutional environments

competitive abilities of saprobic fungi," Applied Soil Ecology, vol.

Effect of elevated C[O.sub.2], [O.sub.3], and UV radiation on soils

Comparative transcriptomics of the saprobic and parasitic growth phases in Coccidioides spp.