Meaning of virivorous | Babel Free

Definitions

Involving or sustained by the consumption of viruses.

not-comparable

Examples

“It is thus tempting to believe⟳ that virivorous organisms, like⟳ bacterivorous ones, should be able to optimize their food uptake by exploiting patches of high prey abundances.”

“The salt-forced extinction of potential virivorous nanoflagellates is a possible explanation, but the ability of these viruses to better resist⟳ ambient UV radiations is not unrealistic either.”

“Finally, the higher increase⟳ of VA in comparison to HBA in hypersaline systems was probably related to a higher resistance of halophages to environmental virucidal agents and, to a lesser extent, due to a lack of virivorous nanoflagellates or ciliates.”

“If the researchers could prove⟳ that the microbes were growing by eating chlorovirus, they would have⟳ compelling evidence that these protists can sustain themselves with a virivorous lifestyle.”

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