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Relating to life; as, the biotic principle.

Related to, or of the nature of, aërobies; as, aërobiotic plants, which live only when supplied with free oxygen.

A division of insects having aquatic larvæ.

Related to, or of the nature of, anaërobies.

Aee under Force.

Long-lived. Dunglison.

The art of prolonging life.

Of or pertaining to necrobiosis; as, a necrobiotic metamorphosis.

Capable of living without atmospheric oxygen; anaërobiotic.

Capable of living without light; as, nonphotobiotic plant cells, or cells which habitually live in darkness.

Requiring light to live; incapable of living without light; as, photobiotic plant cells.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al (#), a. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

Relating to, or like, anaërobies; araërobiotic.

sive force; centrifugal force. Animal force (Physiol.), muscular force or energy. -- Catabiotic force Etym: [Gr. (Biol.), the influence exerted by living structures on adjoining cells, by which the latter are developed in harmony with the primary structures. -- Centrifugal force, Centripetal force, Coercive force, et…

ntagious.Mycobacterium leprae, curable in most cases by therapy with a combination of antibiotics, but cases resistant to therapy are increasing.

A plant that affords shelter and food to certain species of ants which live in symbiotic relations with it. Special adaptations for this purpose exist; thus, Acacia spadicigera has large hollows thorns, and species of Cecropia have stem cavities. -- Myr`me*co*phyt"ic (#), a.

s in which the lower pharyngeal bones are united. It includes the scaroid, labroid, and embioticoid fishes.

hromosome, to subsequent generations. In bacteria, plasmids often carry the genes for antibiotic resistance; they are exploited in genetic engineering as the vehicles for introduction of extraneous DNA into cells, to alter the genetic makeup of the cell. The cells thus altered may produce desirable proteins which are e…

, and Tertiary.Treponema pallidum. Usu. tretable with penicillin or other beta-lactam antibiotics.