symbiotype

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noun

The type of symbiont.

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Meanings

nounsymbiotype (plural symbiotypes)

plural symbiotypes

  1. biologyThe type of symbiont.

    Aphid type was defined as a combination of aphid colour and symbiotype.

    2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
verbsymbiotype (third-person singular simple present symbiotypes, present participle symbiotyping, simple past and past participle symbiotyped)

present singular third person symbiotypes · participle present symbiotyping · participle past symbiotyped · past symbiotyped

  1. transitivebiologyTo determine the type of a symbiont.

    When the experiment considered only green aphids with different symbiotic status, their distinction was allowed by symbiotyping the surviving individuals (diagnostic PCR).

    2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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