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photobiont

Syllables: pho·to·bi·ontUK/ˌfəʊ.təʊˈbaɪ.ɒnt/US/ˌfoʊ.toʊˈbaɪ.ɑnt/

photobiont noun: a photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.

Noun

photobiont (plural photobionts)

  1. A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
    • It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811

Forms of photobiont

pluralphotobionts

Origin of photobiont

From photo- + -biont.

Words that rhyme with photobiont

Questions about photobiont

What does photobiont mean?
Photobiont means a photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
What part of speech is photobiont?
Photobiont is a noun.
How do you pronounce photobiont?
Photobiont is pronounced /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈbaɪ.ɒnt/ (UK).
What is the plural of photobiont?
The plural of photobiont is photobionts.

Words near photobiont in the dictionary

  1. photobiolysis
  2. photobiomass
  3. photobiomodulation
  4. photobiomodulatory
  5. photobionic
  6. photobiont
  7. photobiontic
  8. photobionts
  9. photobiophysical
  10. photobiophysics
  11. photobioreactor

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