Saprotrophism
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition of being saprotrophic uncountable
"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."
Example
More 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."
Etymology
From sapro- + -trophism.
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