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photosymbiosis

photosymbiosis noun: symbiosis in which one of the participants is capable of photosynthesis.

Noun

photosymbiosis (countable and uncountable, plural photosymbioses)

  1. symbiosis in which one of the participants is capable of photosynthesis
    • To prove that P . calcariformata establishes a permanent photosymbiosis with algae we characterized its photosynthetic activity by Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) fluorometry.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...

Forms of photosymbiosis

pluralphotosymbioses

Origin of photosymbiosis

From photo- + symbiosis.

Questions about photosymbiosis

What does photosymbiosis mean?
Photosymbiosis means symbiosis in which one of the participants is capable of photosynthesis.
What part of speech is photosymbiosis?
Photosymbiosis is a noun.
What is the plural of photosymbiosis?
The plural of photosymbiosis is photosymbioses.

Words near photosymbiosis in the dictionary

  1. photosymbiodeme
  2. photosymbiodemes
  3. photosymbiont
  4. photosymbionts
  5. photosymbioses
  6. photosymbiosis
  7. photosymbiotic
  8. photosynchronization
  9. photosyntax
  10. photosynthate
  11. photosynthates

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