microsymbiont

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noun

A microscopic symbiont

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Meanings

nounmicrosymbiont (plural microsymbionts)

plural microsymbionts

  1. A microscopic symbiont

    However, it is different from the other microsymbiont in that it can form an effective association with Parapiptadenia rigida .

    2015 June 4, Sofie E De Meyer et al., “High-quality permanent draft genome sequence of the Parapiptadenia rigida-nodulating Burkholderia sp. strain UYPR1.413”, in Standards in Genomic Sciences, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + symbiont.

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