symbiotype

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English

Noun

symbiotype (plural symbiotypes)

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

Verb

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

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