Bacteria may be conveniently grouped under two heads: those that live upon dead organic matter, known as the saprophytic forms, and those that are found in living plants or animals, the true parasites. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
As a rule, the pabulum in which the saprophytic organisms are provided and. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
The ground bacteria are divided into two groups -- saprophytic and pathogenic. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
Bacteria, 15; saprophytic and parasitic, 17; effect on host, 18; dissemination, 18. From Wordnik.com. [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference
The orchid family has a few curious saprophytic representatives on the lower slopes. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
That these later organisms are saprophytic, although not bacterial, there can be no doubt. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 643, April 28, 1888] Reference
Nearly all bacteria, owing to the absence of chlorophyll, are saprophytic or parasitic forms. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
However, weeds, plankton, and saprophytic and photosynthetic bacteria compete with rice for nutrients. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Many are exclusively parasitic or saprophytic, and many are facultative, both conditions of living being possible. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Its Causes] Reference
Differentiate the streptococci isolated into members of the saprophytic group of short-chained cocci, or members of the parasitic. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Bacteria may further be divided into those which are saprophytic or which find favorable conditions for life outside of the body, and the parasitic. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Its Causes] Reference
He said nothing; only took me by the elbow and led me from the wood, leaving the dead man behind, clothed in the saprophytic hues of war and sacrifice. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Rice is predominant, but weeds, plankton, and saprophytic and photosynthetic bacteria compete with the rice plants for nutrients and diminish the environment. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
"This is the legacy Benazir has left behind for Pakistan," her niece writes -- a "saprophytic culture" in which Zardari is the organism that lives off the corpses. From Wordnik.com. [Fatima Bhutto's memoir "Songs of Blood and Sword," reviewed by Thomas Lippman] Reference
It has been found, however, that this fungus, called the "Connellsville fungus," is a distinct species closely related to the true blight fungus, being, however, entirely saprophytic. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Thus, such bacteria as tubercle bacilli and the influenza bacillus can be cultivated, but they certainly would not find natural conditions which would make saprophytic growth possible. From Wordnik.com. [Disease and Its Causes] Reference
You could say my writing exhibits saprophytic (unless you are a mycologist I suggest you look that word up) tendencies, in that my poems feed off of the already dead and rotting carcasses of the published endeavors of others. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Poetry Editor,] Reference
Mycobacterium smegmatis, a saprophytic distant relative of. From Wordnik.com. [New England Journal of Medicine] Reference
Furthermore, it could exert antimicrobial activity against some saprophytic fungus. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Determination of the competitive saprophytic ability of Rhizoctonia solani in soils and substrates. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
Measurement of competitive saprophytic colonization of Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn in soils and substrates. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
In the second group, the bacterial species lives a saprophytic existence, growing in milk, if it happens to find its way therein. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
We may develop for a time a saprophytic system ensuring that you and I can live nearby one another but when resources get scare, it is you or me. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
The passion to possess what is scarce, and nothing else, is a disease that develops as civilisation grows old and dogs it to the grave: it is saprophytic. From Wordnik.com. [Art] Reference
Most disease-producing species, as diphtheria or typhoid fever, while parasitic in man lead a saprophytic method of life so far as their relation to milk is concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
The great majority of bacteria of interest in dairying belong to the saprophytic class; only those species capable of infecting milk through the development of disease in the animal are parasites in the strict sense of the term. From Wordnik.com. [Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition A Concise Manual for the Use of Students in Dairying] Reference
(d) The saprophytic bacteria are more easily cultivated; e. g. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
(b) Both saprophytic and facultative parasitic bacteria agree in requiring non-concentrated food. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Hypnum spp., and other genera) in shady locations with understory vegetation adapted to low-light conditions (Pyrola spp. and saprophytic orchids like Corallorhiza innata). From Wordnik.com. [Tian Shan montane conifer forests] Reference
Slide 39: Kingdom Fungi Cells have cell walls (chitin) Multicelled - coenocytic Digest cellulose mostly Usually saprophytic / some parasites) Reproduction. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
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