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paratrophic, a. Biol.|pærəˈtrəʊfɪk| [ad. G. paratroph (A. Fischer Vorlesungen über Bakterien (1897) v. 47), f. para-1: see trophic a. (n.).] Needing live organic matter for nutrition.
1900A. C. Jones tr. Fischer's Struct. & Functions Bacteria v. 49 The paratrophic group includes all those bacteria that can exist only within the living tissues of other organisms. 1902[see metatrophic a.]. 1919F. O. Bower Bot. Living Plant xxx. 460 On the basis of nutrition Bacteria have been classified into three groups:..(iii) Paratrophic, those which develop normally only within the living tissues of other organisms, and are true, and obligatory parasites, such as the germs of Tubercle or Diphtheria. 1930S. Thomas Bacteriol. (ed. 2) xiv. 228 The paratrophic organisms..must have living organic matter from which to get all or part of their food requirements. |