Cytobiont
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cytobiont is a noun meaning (biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.
Meaning
(biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.
Example Sentences
In the more typical examples of cytobiosis described later, the cytobionts are located within the cytoplasm in small vacuoles or, more rarely, embedded within the cytoplasm itself.
There is little or no probability of a nonphotosynthetic eukaryotic cytobiont existing in nonparasitic cytobiosis with a nonphotosynthetic host because of too great a similarity, and therefore competition, in nutritional requirements.
Word Forms
- cytobionts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cytobiosis, endocytobiosis, endocytobiont, cyanobiont, cytobiologist, cryptobiont.
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