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- Look up obligate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology...
- Obligate anaerobes are microorganisms killed by normal atmospheric concentrations of oxygen (20.95% O2). Oxygen tolerance varies between species, with...
- An obligate aerobe is an organism that requires oxygen to grow. Through cellular respiration, these organisms use oxygen to metabolise substances, like...
- An obligate parasite or holoparasite is a parasitic organism that cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host. If an obligate parasite...
- Obligate mutualism is a special case of mutualism where an ecological interaction between species mutually benefits each other, and one or all species...
- Obligate nasal breathing describes a physiological instinct to breathe through the nose (or other forms of external nasal p****ages, depending on the species)...
- 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 carrier is an individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; usually...
- interactions with their hosts and on their life cycles, which can be complex. An obligate parasite depends completely on the host to complete its life cycle, while...
- Facultative and Obligate. Facultative intracellular parasites are capable of living and reproducing in or outside of host cells. Obligate intracellular...