Meaning of saprotrophism | Babel Free
Examples
“Of all the potential levels of interaction between fungi and other organisms, parasitism is perhaps the most difficult to demonstrate⟳ and distinguish from saprotrophism in the fossil record⟳.”
“Savile (43) suggests that obligate parasitism is a fundamental attribute of primitive groups and that more than once saprotrophism may have⟳ derived from it.”
“Saprotrophism facilitates the persistence of the fungal population in a stand⟳ and limits the effects of genetic drift and founder effects by massively sustaining the production of propagules that will try⟳ to infect⟳ the healthy trees available (see⟳ Model⟳ section).”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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