photobiont
See also: Photobiont
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈbaɪ.ɒnt/, /-tə-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/
- Rhymes: -aɪɒnt
- Hyphenation: pho‧to‧bi‧ont
Noun
photobiont (plural photobionts)
- (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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