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Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Parasites

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Parasites  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic BACTERIA; FUNGI; VIRUSES; and PLANTS; though they may live parasitically.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-JJDWS7JZ-8

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