Syntrophy, Cross-feeding, or Cross feeding [Greek syn meaning together, trophe meaning nourishment] is the phenomenon that one species lives off the products of another species. In this association the growth of one partner is improved or depends on the nutrients, growth factors or substrate provided by the other partner. This term for nutritional...
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<biology> A nutritional situation in which two or more organisms combine their metabolic capabilities to catabolise a substance not capable of being catabolised by either one alone. ... (19 Jan 1998) ...
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