Explore Antibiosis through 4 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like association. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Antibiosis in a sentence
Antibiosis meaning
An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.
Synonyms of Antibiosis
Using Antibiosis
- The main meaning on this page is: An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.
- Useful related words include: association.
Context around Antibiosis
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Antibiosis
- In this selection, "antibiosis" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 18.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, nonpreference and meaning stand out and add context to how "antibiosis" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as nonpreference antibiosis and tolerance and competition and antibiosis. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "antibiosis" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with antibiosis
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are two types of amensalism, competition and antibiosis. (9 words)
Three main types of plant resistance to pests are recognized as nonpreference, antibiosis, and tolerance. (15 words)
More recent observations made in the laboratory of antibiosis between microorganisms led to the discovery of natural antibacterials produced by microorganisms. (21 words)
The term 'antibiosis', meaning "against life", was introduced by the French bacteriologist Jean Paul Vuillemin as a descriptive name of the phenomenon exhibited by these early antibacterial drugs. (28 words)
More recent observations made in the laboratory of antibiosis between microorganisms led to the discovery of natural antibacterials produced by microorganisms. (21 words)
Three main types of plant resistance to pests are recognized as nonpreference, antibiosis, and tolerance. (15 words)
Example sentences (4)
More recent observations made in the laboratory of antibiosis between microorganisms led to the discovery of natural antibacterials produced by microorganisms.
There are two types of amensalism, competition and antibiosis.
The term 'antibiosis', meaning "against life", was introduced by the French bacteriologist Jean Paul Vuillemin as a descriptive name of the phenomenon exhibited by these early antibacterial drugs.
Three main types of plant resistance to pests are recognized as nonpreference, antibiosis, and tolerance.