ectoperitrophic

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English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ peritrophic.

Adjective

ectoperitrophic (not comparable)

  1. Outside the peritrophic membrane
    • 2015 August 19, “Interaction of Vibrio spp. with the Inner Surface of the Digestive Tract of Penaeus monodon”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      No bacteria were observed to attach to the brush border of the midgut lumen or were seen in the ectoperitrophic space (between the PM and the midgut epithelium).