1. free-living - Noun
2. free-living - Adjective
3. free-living - Adjective Satellite
Unrestrained indulgence of the appetites.
Source: Webster's dictionaryfree living
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