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Definition of Symbiont

1. an organism living in close association with another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Symbiont

Literary usage of Symbiont

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"N is fixed by the symbiont and transported to the host; the host incorporates the newly fixed N into the amino acids. Probably the amino acids, ..."

2. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1894)
"... which is not enjoyed by them otherwise; (2) symbiosis of two dissimilar organisms induces certain modification in each symbiont, by the suppression of ..."

3. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1894)
"... (2) symbiosis of two dissimilar organisms induces certain modification in each symbiont, by the suppression of certain characters originally present in ..."

4. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"Some writers hold that lichens illustrate this type, the idea being that there is not a mutual exchange between the alga and the fungus symbiont. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Natural selection evidently may act in favour of each symbiont separately, provided only that the effect will not damage the other symbiont in such a degree ..."

6. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"In this association each organism is called a symbiont. According to the character of the union, several kinds of symbiosis have been recognized: (1) Mutual ..."

7. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In some instances the fungal symbiont lives saprophytically on bark or on humus or parasitically on the plant which gives it mechanical support, ..."

8. Azolla Utilization: Proceedings of the Workshop on Azolla Use, Fuzhou by International Rice Research Institute, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1987)
"N is fixed by the symbiont and transported to the host; the host incorporates the newly fixed N into the amino acids. Probably the amino acids, ..."

9. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1894)
"... which is not enjoyed by them otherwise; (2) symbiosis of two dissimilar organisms induces certain modification in each symbiont, by the suppression of ..."

10. Biological Lectures Delivered at the Marine Biological Laboratory of Wood's (1894)
"... (2) symbiosis of two dissimilar organisms induces certain modification in each symbiont, by the suppression of certain characters originally present in ..."

11. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"Some writers hold that lichens illustrate this type, the idea being that there is not a mutual exchange between the alga and the fungus symbiont. ..."

12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Natural selection evidently may act in favour of each symbiont separately, provided only that the effect will not damage the other symbiont in such a degree ..."

13. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"In this association each organism is called a symbiont. According to the character of the union, several kinds of symbiosis have been recognized: (1) Mutual ..."

14. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1911)
"In some instances the fungal symbiont lives saprophytically on bark or on humus or parasitically on the plant which gives it mechanical support, ..."

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