photobiont
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]photobiont (plural photobionts)
- A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
- 2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811:
- It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.
Hyponyms
[edit]- (photosynthetic symbiont): phycobiont (plants), cyanobiont (cyanobacteria)