photobiont

See also: Photobiont

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ -biont.

Pronunciation

Noun

photobiont (plural photobionts)

  1. (lichenology) A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
    Hypernym: symbiont
    Hyponyms: cyanobiont, phycobiont
    Coordinate terms: mycobiont, schizobiont
    • 2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811:
      It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

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