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Bacterivorous

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bacteriovorousMisspelling of bacterivorous. [(biology) feeding on bacteria]
bacteriotrophic(biology) That eats bacteria.
bacteriophilous(biology) Having an attraction to bacteria (typically symbiotic)
microbivorous(biology) Subsisting on microbes
microbiverousAlternative form of microbivorous. [(biology) Subsisting on microbes]
bacteriochlorophyllic(biology) Of, pertaining to, resembling or derived from bacteriochlorophyll
bacteriomic(biology) Relating to a bacteriome
ambivorous(chiefly biology) That feeds on a variety of foods of different kinds.
polytrophic(biology) Of bacteria etc.: feeding on multiple types of food, or obtaining nutrients in more than one way
heterophagic(biology) Relating to heterophagy
mammalophagic(biology) That feeds on (the blood of) mammals
magnetobacterial(biology) Relating to the magnetotactic bacteria
planktotrophic(biology) That feeds on plankton
polybacterialRelating to more than one kind of bacterium.
organotrophic(biology) (of bacteria) That can obtain metabolic energy from the oxidation of organic compounds
bacterioscopicalbacterioscopic
plurivorous(biology, of a parasite) That lives on several types of host
symbiophagic(biology) Relating to symbiophagy
eukaryophilicDescribing a bacterium that interacts with eukaryotes, either as a pathogen or as a symbiont
autoheterotrophic(biology) autotrophic and heterotrophic

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