endosymbiont
/en-doh-sim-bee-ont, -bahy-/US // ˌɛn doʊˈsɪm biˌɒnt, -baɪ- //
内生生物,内生菌,内共生体,内共生
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a symbiont that lives within the body of the host.
Examples
These endosymbionts were one of the first ever described in an animal.
Even the mechanisms that reliably guarantee the endosymbionts will get into the right cells of their hosts and be passed from one generation to the next can be mysterious.
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