symbiont en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɑnt/ (General-American)
- /sɪmˈbaɪ.ɒnt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From sym- + -biont.
Meanings
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An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.
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.
2019 December 9, JoAnna Klein, “Seawater Is Filled With a Sugary Feast. Here’s How Sponges Eat It.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: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.
1991, Lynn Margulis, René Fester, Symbiosis as a Source of Evolutionary Innovation:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| symbionts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
microsymbiont · photosymbiont · phytosymbiont · symbiontophorous · chemosymbiont · mycosymbiont · enterosymbiont · exosymbiont · endosymbiont · holosymbiont · episymbiont · intersymbiont · symbiontic · parasymbiont · ectosymbiont · pathosymbiont · symbiome · aposymbiont
Relateds
parasite · symbiosis · symbiote · symbiotic · host
Synonyms
Translations (15)
es simbionte (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · it simbionte (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · oc simbiòt (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · fi symbiootti (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · fr symbiote (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · de Symbiont (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · ca simbiont (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · scn simmiotu (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · pt simbionte (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · oc simbiont (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · el συμβιωτής (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · ru симбио́нт (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · pl symbiont (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · cmn 共生物 (organism in a symbiotic relationship) · cs symbiont (organism in a symbiotic relationship)