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symbiontophorous

symbiontophorous adjective: associated with symbionts.

Adjective

symbiontophorous (not comparable)

  1. Associated with symbionts
    • In electron micrographs, the tiny rod-shaped endosymbionts (1.2 x 0.25–0.35 μm in size) were not surrounded by a symbiontophorous vacuole and were located in the peripheral host cytoplasm, stratified in the host cortex in between the trichocysts or just below them.2016 January 6, ““ Candidatus Fokinia solitaria”, a Novel “Stand-Alone” Symbiotic Lineage of Midichloriaceae ( Rickettsiales )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of symbiontophorous

From symbiont + -phorous.

Questions about symbiontophorous

What does symbiontophorous mean?
Symbiontophorous means associated with symbionts.
What part of speech is symbiontophorous?
Symbiontophorous is an adjective.

Words near symbiontophorous in the dictionary

  1. symbiontic
  2. symbionticism
  3. symbiontid
  4. symbiontids
  5. symbiontism
  6. symbiontophorous
  7. symbionts
  8. symbiophagic
  9. symbiophagy
  10. symbiose
  11. symbiosed

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