parasitizes

P19654
predicate

Indicates a relationship in which one organism lives on or in another organism, deriving nutrients or benefits at the host’s expense.

All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
parasitizes canonical 92
parasiticOn 80
isParasiticOn 13

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: parasitizes
Generated description
Indicates a relationship in which one organism lives on or in another organism, deriving nutrients or benefits at the host’s expense.

Sample triples (205)

Subject Object
Taenia pigs via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Taenia dogs via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Taenia sheep via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Taenia other mammals via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Diplostomida vertebrates
Diplostomida molluscs
Varroa destructor mite
surface form: Varroa destructor
Apis mellifera NERFINISHED
Varroa destructor mite
surface form: Varroa destructor
honey bee
Ophiocordycipitaceae insects via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Ophiocordycipitaceae arthropods via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Tilachlidiaceae other fungi via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Ophiocordyceps insects
Ophiocordyceps arthropods
Ophiocordyceps ants
Ophiocordyceps spiders
Ophiocordyceps other arthropod hosts
Metarhizium insects
Beauveria insects
Beauveria arthropods
Phyllachoraceae plants via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Saccardinulaceae plants via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Meliola plants via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Meliola angiosperms via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Laboulbeniomycetes insects
Laboulbeniomycetes arthropods
Buphagidae may open wounds on hosts to feed on blood via predicate surface "parasiticBehavior"
Lampetra fluviatilis fish via predicate surface "ectoparasiteOf"
Parabasalia group
surface form: Parabasalia
vertebrates via predicate surface "hasParasitesOf"
Parabasalia group
surface form: Parabasalia
humans via predicate surface "hasParasitesOf"
Bremia plants
Bremia Asteraceae NERFINISHED
Bremia lettuce
Trypanosoma humans
Trypanosoma mammals
Trypanosoma domestic animals
Trypanosoma wild animals
Giardia humans
Giardia mammals
Giardia birds
Trichomonas humans via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Trichomonas birds via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Trichomonas mammals via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Trichomonas other vertebrates via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Kinetoplastea humans via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Kinetoplastea mammals via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Kinetoplastea insects via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
Orobanchaceae roots of host plants
Opisthosporidia eukaryotes via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"
Peronospora living plant tissue via predicate surface "parasiticOn"
EMP can disable human technology
surface form: MUTO
other giant creatures via predicate surface "isParasiticOn"