Symbiont

//sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.

    "The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology."

Synonyms

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symbiote

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"The close analogies between DNA-containing eukaryotic cell organelles and microbial symbionts require revision of classic cell theory, wrote Scwemmler and Schenk (1980) on introducing the field of endocytobiology."

Etymology

From sym- + -biont.

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