This result is not surprising since Sarocladium are reported as plant pathogens,
saprobes, and grass endophytes (Giraldo et al.
The genus Alternaria includes cosmopolitan and ubiquitous mold fungi in which
saprobes and plant pathogens are many (Thomma, 2003).
2009) that are principally
saprobes and agents of decay, but could be infective to ticks.
cereus are classified as
saprobes (PERES-NETO & ZAPPA, 2011), and characterized as probiotics (TURNES, 1999), some strains may be associated with the occurrence of food-borne disease outbreaks in humans (DHAMA et al., 2013), while others may be associated with cases of mastitis (either subclinical or clinical of environmental origin) in cattle (PERES-NETO & ZAPPA, 2011).
Study of endophytic Xylariaceae in Thailand: diversity and taxonomy inferred from rDNA sequence analyses with
saprobes forming fruit bodies in the field.
Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi, and most of Fusarium species are harmless
saprobes and relatively abundant members of the soil microbial community (Alazem, 2007; Summerell et al., 2001; Onyika et al., 1993).
Fungi comprehend a heterogeneous group of heterotrophic microorganisms that act as
saprobes or parasites or, less frequently, as symbionts (Gomes et al., 2008).
Some of the ecological characteristics of the species were surveyed; it was found that the trophic group of the
saprobes is the most diverse, while decaying wood is the substrate where most of the species were found.
(2007) suggested that under certain conditions, some ECM fungal symbionts behave as
saprobes, using litter and soil organic matter as substrates and providing the host trees with carbon at time when demand is high and photoassimilates are not yet available.
Weeds, weed residues, cover crops and green manures increase the organic residue in the soil, and pathogens such as Fusarium and Pythium species can survive in soil as facultative
saprobes on these simple organic substrates when plant hosts are absent.