It is a lethal facultative parasite of the terrestrial gastropods ( slugs and snails ).
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Semispecific is synonymous to facultative parasite.
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:See facultative parasite for examples.
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More intimately, normally free-living microbes may opportunistically live as facultative parasites in other organisms.
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This species is a facultative parasite, or hemiparasite, in that it can live without attaching to another plant but will parasitize if presented with the opportunity.
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As such, in recently formed and facultative parasites, there is an accumulation of pseudogenes and transposable elements due to a lack of selective pressure against deletions.
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"' Diplonemidae "'is a small group of flagellate protists, with the majority being free living phagotrophs, though some are facultative parasites.
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The plant appears to be a facultative parasite, capable of surviving without draining nutrients from other plants but growing more healthy if it can draw sustenance from other plants.
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"' Phasmarhabditis "'is a genus of bacterial-feeding nematodes which are facultative parasites that primary host are terrestrial gastropods ( slugs and snails ).