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symbiotype

symbiotype noun: the type of symbiont.

Noun

symbiotype (plural symbiotypes)

  1. The type of symbiont.
    • Aphid type was defined as a combination of aphid colour and symbiotype.2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Verb

symbiotype (third-person singular simple present symbiotypes, present participle symbiotyping, simple past and past participle symbiotyped)

  1. (transitive) To determine the type of a symbiont.
    • When the experiment considered only green aphids with different symbiotic status, their distinction was allowed by symbiotyping the surviving individuals (diagnostic PCR).2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of symbiotype

Noun
pluralsymbiotypes
Verb
third-person singular presentsymbiotypes
present participlesymbiotyping
past participlesymbiotyped
pastsymbiotyped

Questions about symbiotype

What does symbiotype mean?
Symbiotype means the type of symbiont.
What part of speech is symbiotype?
Symbiotype can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of symbiotype?
The plural of symbiotype is symbiotypes.

Words near symbiotype in the dictionary

  1. symbiotroph
  2. symbiotrophic
  3. symbiotrophs
  4. symbiotrophy
  5. symbiotum
  6. symbiotype
  7. symbiotyped
  8. symbiotypes
  9. symbiotyping
  10. symbiovar
  11. symbiovars

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