- Look up
obligate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. As an adjective,
obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used
mainly in biology...
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Obligate anaerobes are
microorganisms killed by
normal atmospheric concentrations of
oxygen (20.95% O2).
Oxygen tolerance varies between species, with...
- An
obligate parasite or
holoparasite is a
parasitic organism that
cannot complete its life-cycle
without exploiting a
suitable host. If an
obligate parasite...
- are meat eaters; a few, such as the
large and
small cats (Felidae) are
obligate carnivores (see below).
Other classes of
carnivore are
highly variable...
- An
obligate aerobe is an
organism that
requires oxygen to grow.
Through cellular respiration,
these organisms use
oxygen to
metabolise substances, like...
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Obligate mutualism is a
special case of
mutualism where an
ecological interaction between species mutually benefits each other, and one or all species...
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Facultative and
Obligate.
Facultative intracellular parasites are
capable of
living and
reproducing in or
outside of host cells.
Obligate intracellular...
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without rest.
These species are
obligate ram
ventilators and
would presumably asphyxiate if
unable to move.
Obligate ram
ventilation is also true of some...
- "co-actions",
later adopted by
biologists as "interactions".
Relationships can be
obligate,
meaning that one or both of the
symbionts entirely depend on each other...
- in the ocean"), and
could be the longest-living life
forms ever found.
Obligate aerobes need
oxygen to grow. In a
process known as
cellular respiration...
