metabiosis
/ˌmɛtəbʌɪˈəʊsɪs/Chiefly Microbiology
noun
A form of ecological dependence in which modification of the environment by an organism, especially 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.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Knowledge: an illustrated magazine of science. From German Metabiosis from meta- + -biosis.
- pseudo-solarisation
- pseudo-solarization
- pseudosopher
- pseudosophy
- pseudospeciation
- pseudospecies
- pseudosphere
- pseudospherical
- pseudospiracle
- pseudosporangium
- pseudospore
- pseudo-squeeze
- pseudostalactitic
- pseudo-statement
- pseudostem
- pseudostereoscopic
- pseudostigma
- pseudostigmatic
- Pseudostoma
- pseudostome
- pseudostratification
- pseudostratified
- pseudostratum
- pseudosuchian
- pseudosymmetry