Definition of obligate. Meaning of obligate. Synonyms of obligate

- Look up obligate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology...
- An obligate parasite or holoparasite is a parasitic organism that cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host. If an obligate parasite...
- An obligate aerobe is an organism that requires oxygen to grow. Through cellular respiration, these organisms use oxygen to metabolise substances, like...
- Obligate anaerobes are microorganisms killed by normal atmospheric concentrations of oxygen (20.95% O2). Oxygen tolerance varies between species, with...
- Obligate mutualism is a special case of mutualism where an ecological interaction between species mutually benefits each other, and one or all species...
- lost the ****ual phase and are now completely a****ual. Many other cases of obligate parthenogenesis (or gynogenesis) are found among polyploids and hybrids...
- without rest. These species are obligate ram ventilators and would presumably asphyxiate if unable to move. Obligate ram ventilation is also true of some...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...