Parasitic microorganism

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-020228",
  "term": "Parasitic microorganism",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Parasitic Microorganism",
  "definition": "A microorganism that gets nutrients by living on or in an organism of another species. A complete parasite gets all of its nutrients from the host organism, but a semi-parasite gets only some of its nutrients from the host.",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from National Cancer Institute Metathesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/parasitic-microorganism/"
}