symbiont
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symbiont (plural symbionts)
(ecology) An organism that lives in a symbiotic relationship.
Synonym: symbiote
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All species are obligate endoparasites of animals, citation except Nephromyces, a symbiont in marine animals, originally classified as a chytrid fungus. citation Motile structures such as flagella or pseudopods are present only in certain gamete stages.
Fifty percent of fig species host multiple wasp pollinators thus are not tied inextricably to any single symbiont.
He sought to identify the specific molecules that bind to two uncharacterized receptors, McpW and McpZ, to ultimately gain insight into how these molecules cause sinirhizombium meliloti to move toward their symbiont.
Laccaria bicolor is lacking enzymes involved in the degradation of plant cell wall components (cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins and pectates), preventing the symbiont from degrading host cells during the root colonisation.
The association is termed a morphogenesis because the lichen has a form and capabilities not possessed by the symbiont species alone (they can be experimentally isolated).
In the first appearance of Trill in the TNG episode " The Host ", Trill were unable to be transported, once joined with a symbiont.