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mycorrhizosphere

mycorrhizosphere noun: the region around a mycorrhizal fungus and its associated plant root in which nutrients released from the fungus increase the microbial population and its activities.

Noun

mycorrhizosphere (plural mycorrhizospheres)

  1. The region around a mycorrhizal fungus and its associated plant root in which nutrients released from the fungus increase the microbial population and its activities

Forms of mycorrhizosphere

pluralmycorrhizospheres

Origin of mycorrhizosphere

From mycorrhiza + -sphere.

Questions about mycorrhizosphere

What does mycorrhizosphere mean?
Mycorrhizosphere means the region around a mycorrhizal fungus and its associated plant root in which nutrients released from the fungus increase the microbial population and its activities.
What part of speech is mycorrhizosphere?
Mycorrhizosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of mycorrhizosphere?
The plural of mycorrhizosphere is mycorrhizospheres.

Words near mycorrhizosphere in the dictionary

  1. mycorrhizas
  2. mycorrhization
  3. mycorrhizations
  4. mycorrhized
  5. mycorrhizic
  6. mycorrhizosphere
  7. mycorrhizospheres
  8. mycorrhizospheric
  9. mycorrhyzal
  10. mycosaccharide
  11. mycosaccharides

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