archivorous

English

Adjective

archivorous (not comparable)

1. Ingesting archaeans (as the archivores do).
   • 2016, M PortailK OluSF Duboiset al., “Food-web complexity in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vents and cold seeps”, in PloS one:

     […] and predators, with the bacterivorous/archivorous trophic guild referring to deposit feeders […] Bacterivorous/archivorous taxa usually feature depleted δ 15 N signatures, close to those of […]

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• archivory