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nounan organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium
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- family micrococcaceae spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes
- micrococcaceae spherical or elliptical usually aerobic eubacteria that produce yellow or orange or red pigment; includes toxin-producing forms as well as harmless commensals and saprophytes
- family streptomycetaceae higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes
- streptomycetaceae higher bacteria typically aerobic soil saprophytes
- genus bacillus type genus of the Bacillaceae; includes many saprophytes important in decay of organic matter and a number of parasites
- actinomyces soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites
- genus clostridium anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung