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.
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Symbiont
/sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt/
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5 entriesbacterial symbionthost symbiontmutualistic partnernitrogen fixing symbiontsymbiotic relationship
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It had been known that sponges somehow took in dissolved organic matter, but it remained unclear whether they could do it on their own or needed help from their bacterial symbionts.
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