ectoperitrophic
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ecto- + peritrophic.
Adjective
[edit]ectoperitrophic (not comparable)
- Outside the peritrophic membrane
- 2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).