兼性寄生菌能够象寄生虫或腐生物一样生存.

A facultative parasite can exist as a parasite or a saprophyte.

具有厌氧性或梭状细菌或杆状腐生物；

Anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes ;

它们依靠芽孢来进行自我繁殖的方式效率很高，以至于它们的孢子生殖速度快赶上腐生物的瞬间爆发了。

Their spore-based reproduction is so efficient that they bud off sporelike organisms known as Saprolings almost constantly.