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monotrophic, a. Zool.|mɒnəʊˈtrɒfɪk|
[f. Gr. *µονότροϕ-ος (f. µόνο-ς mono- + τρέϕειν to feed) + -ic. Cf. µονοτροϕεῖν (Strabo) to eat but one kind of food.]
Of a parasitic organism: Infesting only one host; feeding on one kind of food.
1900A. C. Jones tr. Fischer's Struct. Bacteria 49, I. Prototrophic Bacteria..occur only in the open in nature, never parasitic, always monotrophic. II. Metatrophic Bacteria,..(facultative parasites), monotrophic or polytrophic. |