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Hemibiotroph vs Biotroph - What's the difference?

hemibiotroph | biotroph | Related terms |

Biotroph is a related term of hemibiotroph.



In biology terms the difference between hemibiotroph and biotroph

is that hemibiotroph is an organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue while biotroph is any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive.

hemibiotroph

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) An organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue

    • Derived terms

    * hemibiotrophic

    biotroph

    English

    Noun

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

    • Related terms

    * biotrophic * hemibiotroph