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holobionts

holobionts is the plural of holobiont.

Meaning of holobiont

Noun

holobiont (plural holobionts)

  1. A host organism plus its associated microorganisms
    • The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont.2015 August 13, Christiane Schmidt et al., “Recent Invasion of the Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern Mediterranean Facilitated by the Ongoing Warming Trend”, in PLoS ONE...

Questions about holobionts

What is holobionts the plural of?
Holobionts is the plural of holobiont.

Words near holobionts in the dictionary

  1. holobenthic
  2. Holobinko
  3. holobiome
  4. holobiomes
  5. holobiont
  6. holobionts
  7. holoblast
  8. holoblastic
  9. holoblastically
  10. holoblasts
  11. holobook

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