Microbivory (adj. microbivorous, microbivore ) is a feeding behavior consisting of eating microbes (especially bacteria ) practiced by animals of the mesofauna , microfauna and meiofauna .
2-725: Rhabditida is an order of free-living, zooparasitic, and phytoparasitic microbivorous nematodes living in soil. The Cephalobidae , Panagrolaimidae , Steinernematidae , and Strongyloididae seem to be closer to the Tylenchia , regardless of whether these are merged with the Rhabditia or not. Rhabditida This Rhabditida roundworm-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Microbivory Microbivorous animals include some soil nematodes , springtails or flies such as Drosophila sharpi . A well known example of microbivorous nematodes
4-402: Is the model roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans which is maintained in culture in labs on agar plates, fed with the 'OP50' Escherichia coli strain of bacteria. In food webs of ecosystems , microbivores can be distinguished from detritivores , generally thought playing the roles of decomposers, as they don't consume decaying dead matter but only living microorganisms. There is also use of
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