Obligate parasite
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obligate-parasite-298-10965218
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Obligate parasite
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An obligate parasite or holoparasite is a parasitic organism that cannot complete its life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host. If an obligate parasite cannot obtain a host it will fail to reproduce. This is opposed to a facultative parasite, which can act as a parasite but does not rely on its host to continue its life-cycle. Obligate parasites have evolved a variety of parasitic strategies to exploit their hosts. Holoparasites and some hemiparasites are obligate. It is advantageous for th
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Type of organism
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligate_parasite
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2024-04-15T01:28:21Z
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