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单词 metabiosis
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metabiosisn.

Brit. /ˌmɛtəbʌɪˈəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌmɛdəˌbaɪˈoʊsəs/
Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Metabiosis.
Etymology: < German Metabiosis (1866 in a work title) < meta- meta- prefix + -biosis -biosis comb. form. Compare Byzantine Greek μεταβίωσις decease (7th cent.), change in one's manner of life (11th cent.).In quot. 1966 the word is attributed to C. Garré; compare slightly earlier metabiotic adj.
Chiefly Microbiology.
A form of ecological dependence in which modification of the environment by an organism, esp. a microorganism, provides conditions that enable one or more different kinds of organism to grow and multiply. Also: the alteration of the environment brought about by such a relationship.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > balance of nature > relationships of organisms > [noun] > symbiosis or mutualism
commensalism1870
mutualism1874
mutuality1876
symbiosis1882
messmatism1886
individualism1897
individuation1897
parasymbiosis1897
metabiosis1899
helotism1900
symbiotism1902
specificity1924
1899 Knowledge July 151/2 It [sc. the yeast organism] is dependent upon its predecessor for its particular action—that is to say, we have here a condition of metabiosis.
1914 Chem. Abstr. 8 3805 Metabiosis with ultraviolet rays.
1945 Ecology 26 323 The decomposition of organic substances typically follows the consecutive phases of metabiosis (ammonia stage, nitrite stage, and finally nitrate stage), as in sea water.
1966 F. H. Meyer in S. M. Henry Symbiosis I. iv. 172 The nitrite bacteria are dependent on ammonia-producing organisms, while the nitrate bacteria are again dependent on the activity of the nitrite bacteria. For such direct living ‘one after another’, Garré gave the name metabiosis.
1993 Jrnl. Food Sci. & Technol. 30 241 The metabiosis of the former [Bacillus licheniformis] increased the pH, thereby creating conditions favourable for the growth of the latter [Clostridium sporogenes].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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