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phenospecies

phenospecies noun: a species differentiated from others by its phenotype.

Noun

phenospecies (plural phenospecies)

  1. A species differentiated from others by its phenotype
    • As reported above, the strains showed variable phenotypic traits, thus these results point out that bacterial species could exist as a genomovar (DNA group within the same species, i.e. strains showing a 70% DNA homology, with different phylogenetic traits but phenotypically indistinguishable) that...2015 October 21, “Genotypic and Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris : A Contribution to Species Characterization”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phenospecies

pluralphenospecies

Origin of phenospecies

From pheno- + species.

Questions about phenospecies

What does phenospecies mean?
Phenospecies means a species differentiated from others by its phenotype.
What part of speech is phenospecies?
Phenospecies is a noun.
What is the plural of phenospecies?
The plural of phenospecies is phenospecies.

Words near phenospecies in the dictionary

  1. phenosafranine
  2. phenose
  3. phenoseason
  4. phenoseasonal
  5. phenoseasons
  6. phenospecies
  7. phenospermy
  8. phenothiazine
  9. phenothiazines
  10. phenothiazinium
  11. phenothiaziniums

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