micropredation

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ predation.

Noun

micropredation (uncountable)

1. (biology) predation among microorganisms
   • 2015 September 24, “Modelling the Stoichiometric Regulation of C-Rich Toxins in Marine Dinoflagellates”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Indeed, while micropredation has been proposed for this alga [56 ] and observed for other Ostreopsis species preying on naked ciliates [57 ], predation on bacterial cells would require feeding strategies [53 ] not yet assessed for Ostreopsidaceae species.

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