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Biotroph vs Biotrophy - What's the difference?

biotroph | biotrophy |

As nouns the difference between biotroph and biotrophy

is that biotroph is (biology) any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive while biotrophy is (botany|mycology) a parasitic relationship in which the parasite feeds on a living host organism without killing it.

biotroph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive

    • Related terms

    * biotrophic * hemibiotroph

    biotrophy

    English

    Noun

  • (botany, mycology) A parasitic relationship in which the parasite feeds on a living host organism without killing it.