Science Fair Project Encyclopedia Saprotroph (also saprobe) is
an organism that obtains its nutrients from non-living organic
matter, usually dead and decaying plant or animal matter, by
absorbing soluble organic compounds. Saprotrophs cannot make
food for themselves, so they are a type of heterotroph. They are
useful scavengers, and in sewage farms and refuse dumps break
down organic matter into nutrients easily assimilable by green
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