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All saprotrophic bacteria are unicellular prokaryotes, and reproduce asexually through binary fission. [2] Variation in the turnover times (the rate at which a nutrient is depleted and replaced in a particular nutrient pool) of the bacteria may be due in part to variation in environmental factors including temperature, soil moisture, soil pH, substrate type and concentration, plant genotype ...
Staphylococcus saprophyticus is identified as belonging to the genus Staphylococcus using the Gram stain and catalase test. It is identitified as a species of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) using the coagulase test. Lastly, S. saprophyticus is differentiated from S. epidermidis, another species of pathogenic CoNS, by testing for ...
Saprotrophic nutrition / sæprəˈtrɒfɪk, - proʊ -/ [1] or lysotrophic nutrition[2][3] is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi (for example Mucor) and with soil bacteria.
Serratia marcescens (/ səˈreɪʃiə mɑːrˈsɛsɪnz /) [3][failed verification] is a species of rod-shaped, Gram-negative bacteria in the family Yersiniaceae. It is a facultative anaerobe and an opportunistic pathogen in humans. It was discovered in 1819 by Bartolomeo Bizio in Padua, Italy. [4] S. marcescens is commonly involved in hospital ...
Melioidosis is caused by gram-negative, motile, saprophytic bacteria named Burkholderia pseudomallei. [14] The bacteria are usually opportunistic, facultative intracellular pathogens. [14] It is also aerobic and oxidase test positive. [2] A granule at the centre of the bacterium makes it resemble a "safety pin" when Gram stained. [2]
Saprophyte may refer to: Saprotrophs; organisms, particularly fungi, which obtain nutrients directly from dead organic matter or wastes. Myco-heterotrophs; plants, fungi, or micro-organisms that live on dead or decomposing matter and parasitize fungi, rather than dead organic matter directly.
Saprophytic bacteria and fungi can convert organic matter into living cell mass, carbon dioxide, water and a range of metabolic by-products. These saprophytic organisms may then be predated upon by protozoa , rotifers and, in cleaner waters, Bryozoa which consume suspended organic particles including viruses and pathogenic bacteria.
Clostridia can be diagnosed by recognizing the characteristics of the lesion of the infection along with Gram stains of the tissue and bacterial culture. [1] Although the body does not have adequate defenses alone, this microbe can be controlled with the help of antibiotics, like penicillin, and tissue debridement for the more severe cases.