Look up: Antibiosis

1. antibiosis
   Type: Term Pronunciation: an′tē-bī-ō′sis Definitions: 1. An association of two organisms that is detrimental to one of them, in contrast to probiosis. 2. Production of an antibiotic by bacteria or other organisms inhibitory to other living things, especially among soil microbes.
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2. antibiosis
   An association between two organisms that is detrimental to the vital activities of one of them.
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3. antibiosis
   An association between organisms that is injurious to one of them. Category: Medicine • the prevention of growth or development of an organism by a substance or another organism Category: Botany and zoology
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4. antibiosis
   A relationship between two species in which one species is actively harmed (as by the production of toxins by the harming species). ... Compare: symbiosis. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. antibiosis
   noun an association between organisms that is harmful to one of them or between organisms and a metabolic product of another
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6. antibiosis
   (an″te-) (an″ti-bi-o´sis) an association between two populations of organisms that is detrimental to one of them. a relationship between an organism and an antibiotic produced by another.
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7. antibiosis
   (from the article `plant disease`) Other antagonists produce substances that inhibit or kill potential pathogens occurring in close proximity. An example of this process, called ... ...the other is unaffected. There are two basic modes: competition (q.v.), in which a larger or stronger organism excludes a smaller or weaker one ... [2...
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8. antibiosis
   antibiosis 1. A condition of antagonism between organisms, especially micro-organisms (antonym of symbiosis). 2. The antagonistic association between two organisms in which one species adversely affects the other, often by production of a toxin. 3. An association of two organisms which is detrimen...
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9. Antibiosis
   `Antibiosis` is a biological interaction between two or more organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them or an antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another. The general relationship between an antibiotic and an infectious organism is one of ...
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