A facultative parasite is an organism that may resort to parasitic activity, but does not absolutely rely on any host for completion of its life cycle...

Facultative lagoon, a type of stabilization pond used in biological treatment of industrial and domestic wastewater Facultative parasite, a parasite that...

opposed to a facultative parasite, which can act as a parasite but does not rely on its host to continue its life-cycle. Obligate parasites have evolved...

There are two main types of intracellular parasites: Facultative and Obligate. Facultative intracellular parasites are capable of living and reproducing in...

range of host dependence from obligate holoparasites to facultative hemiparasites. Marine parasites occur as a higher proportion of marine flora in temperate...

complex. An obligate parasite depends completely on the host to complete its life cycle, while a facultative parasite does not. Parasite life cycles involving...

This species is a facultative parasite, or hemiparasite, in that it can live without attaching to another plant but will parasitize if presented with...

the most important hosts are oilseed brassicas. The fungus is a facultative parasite, what means that it can survive on living hosts as well as on dead...

†Platyceratidae Cookiecutter shark Candiru (vampire fish of Brazil, a facultative parasite) Lampreys Male Deep sea anglers False cleanerfish Hood mockingbird...

that one or more of the symbionts depend on each other for survival, or facultative (optional), when they can generally live independently. Symbiosis is...

so there are three organisms involved. Hyperparasitoids are either facultative (can be a primary parasitoid or a hyperparasitoid depending on the situation)...

taxa, the family displays all types of plant parasitism: facultative parasite, obligate parasite, hemiparasites, and holoparasites. Parasitic plants are...

continues to decay wood after the host tree has died, making K. deusta a facultative parasite. Studies show the possibility of a Trichoderma species being used...

using unusual transcarboxylase enzymes. Its members are primarily facultative parasites and commensals of humans and other animals, living in and around...

It is parasitic. But can grow solitary on agar media, thus cold facultative parasite. Only one family, Dimargaritaceae, exists, containing three genera:...

roots of neighbouring green plants with its own roots, but is a facultative parasite, in that it acts opportunistically when in contact with a root. The...

californica is a nematode in the family Rhabditidae. It is a lethal facultative parasite of terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails). First found in invasive...

of symptoms throughout the host’s life cycle. P. megakarya is a facultative parasite that can infect any part of the cacao tree at any time under optimal...

may either be permanent social parasites (thus depending on enslaved ants throughout their whole lives) or facultative slave-makers. The behavior is unusual...

nematode species identified and named in 1954 by Stefanski. It is a facultative parasite of horses, invading the nasal cavity, and sometimes numerous other...

"Pristionchus uniformis sp. n. (Nematoda, Rhabditida, Diplogasteridae), a facultative parasite of Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say and Melolontha melolontha L. in...

are prime environments for them. This is because their larvae are facultative parasites, as they feed on organic tissue and use the hosts' oxygen reserve...

neopapillosa is a nematode in the family Rhabditidae. It is a lethal facultative parasite of the terrestrial gastropods (slugs and snails). Hooper, D.J., Wilson...

adults (Phoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, Sciomyzidae). A well known facultative parasite of land snails, including Helix, is the nematode Phasmarhabiditis...

capture in baited traps, suggest that this species is at most a facultative parasite that opportunistically enters sick and dying fish. Reproduction is...

dictionary. As an adjective, obligate means "by necessity" (antonym facultative) and is used mainly in biology in phrases such as: Obligate aerobe, an...

organisms; some ultramicrobacteria have been observed to be obligate or facultative parasites of various eukaryotes and prokaryotes. One factor allowing ultramicrobacteria...

respective genome sizes of free-living bacteria, facultative and recently derived parasites and obligate parasites and symbionts. Free-living bacteria tend to...

found in soil, rotting plant material, and animal dung. It is a facultative parasite of nematode eggs. The species was first recorded by August Carl Joseph...

saprotrophically on leaf litter and fallen wood. It can, however, also be a facultative parasite of lichens and can additionally be a plant pathogen (typically found...