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endofungal

endofungal adjective: within a fungus.

Adjective

endofungal (not comparable)

  1. (living) within a fungus
    • The ethyl acetate extract of QTYC-45 and sterile QTYC-45 exhibited a difference in retention time of 10.8 min (S3 Fig, peak marked with*), indicating that the compound (10.8 min, peak marked with *) was produced by the endofungal bacteria itself.2015 July 30, “Diversity, Bacterial Symbionts and Antibacterial Potential of Gut-Associated Fungi Isolated from the Pantala flavescens Larvae in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of endofungal

From endo- + fungal.

Questions about endofungal

What does endofungal mean?
Endofungal means within a fungus.
What part of speech is endofungal?
Endofungal is an adjective.

Words near endofungal in the dictionary

  1. endofullerenes
  2. endofunction
  3. endofunctions
  4. endofunctor
  5. endofunctors
  6. endofungal
  7. endofungus
  8. endogalactanase
  9. endogalactanases
  10. endogalactosaminidase
  11. endogalactosidase

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