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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. animal research
  3. biological properties and phenomena
  4. biological resistance
  5. resistance mechanisms
  6. antibiosis

Preferred term

antibiosis

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A natural association between organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them. This often refers to the production of chemicals by one microorganism that is harmful to another.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Concept scheme: NALT Full

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • bacterial antagonism
  • fungal antagonism
  • microbial antagonism

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/10179

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