free-living

Speech parts

1. free-living - Noun

2. free-living - Adjective

3. free-living - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.

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free living

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Also in this group are the free-living amoebo-flagellates of the genus Mastigamoeba and related genera. citation Certain other genera of symbiotic amoebae, such as Endamoeba, might prove to be synonyms of Entamoeba but this is still unclear. Source: Internet

Alternatively, larval endoparasites may shed free-living transmission stages that migrate through the host’s tissue into the external environment, where they actively search for or await ingestion by other hosts. Source: Internet

As a result, the chloroplast genome is heavily reduced compared to that of free-living cyanobacteria. Source: Internet

Biological nitrogen fixation in free-living cyanobacteria and in the root nodules of plants also produces ammonia from molecular nitrogen. Source: Internet

Comparisons with their closest free living cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus (having a genome size 3 Mb, with 3300 genes) revealed that chromatophores underwent a drastic genome shrinkage. Source: Internet

History Tetanus was well known to ancient people who recognized the relationship between wounds and fatal muscle spasms. citation In 1884, Arthur Nicolaier isolated the strychnine -like toxin of tetanus from free-living, anaerobic soil bacteria. Source: Internet

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