Hemibiotrophic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Hemibiotrophic is an adjective meaning Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
Meaning
Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
Example Sentences
Hemibiotrophic fungi include those that infect living tissue, similar to biotrophs, but after an extended incubation period of days or weeks the infected tissue dies, within which the fungus now continues to develop as a saprotroph, usually resulting in sporulation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include semibiotrophic, bitrophic, biotrophic, chemosymbiotrophic, bacteriotrophic, heteroecious.
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