Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In biology, dependent upon another for some condition of existence. See
metabiosis .
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- adjective Relating to, or exhibiting,
metabiosis .
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The main reasons for this “Great Plate Count Anomaly” [1] include the metabolic stress of the “famine-to-feast” transition occurring when cells are brought from soil to artificial, nutrientrich media; inadequacy of cultivation conditions compared with the natural environment; and metabiotic interactions/cooperation in natural communities that are broken after cells have been separated by plating [2].
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