schizobiont

English

Etymology

From schizo- +‎ -biont.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

schizobiont (plural schizobionts)

  1. (lichenology, dated, rare) A bacterium that lives in symbiosis with a lichen thallus; a bacterial symbiont.
    Hypernym: symbiont
    Coordinate terms: cyanobiont, phycobiont < photobiont; mycobiont

References

  1. ^ Scott, G. D. (1957), “Lichen Terminology”, in Nature, volume 179, number 4557, →DOI, →PMID, pages 486–487
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