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micropredation

micropredation noun: predation among microorganisms.

Noun

micropredation (uncountable)

  1. Predation among microorganisms.
    • Indeed, while micropredation has been proposed for this alga [56 ] and observed for other Ostreopsis species preying on naked ciliates [57 ], predation on bacterial cells would require feeding strategies [53 ] not yet assessed for Ostreopsidaceae species.2015 September 24, “Modelling the Stoichiometric Regulation of C-Rich Toxins in Marine Dinoflagellates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of micropredation

From micro- + predation.

Questions about micropredation

What does micropredation mean?
Micropredation means predation among microorganisms.
What part of speech is micropredation?
Micropredation is a noun.

Words near micropredation in the dictionary

  1. micropractices
  2. microprecipitate
  3. microprecipitates
  4. microprecipitation
  5. microprecipitations
  6. micropredation
  7. micropredator
  8. micropredators
  9. micropredatory
  10. micropreemie
  11. micropreemies

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