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endosymbiont
[ en-doh-sim-bee-ont, -bahy- ]
/ ˌɛn doʊˈsɪm biˌɒnt, -baɪ- /
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noun
a symbiont that lives within the body of the host.
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Also en·do·sym·bi·ote [en-doh-sim-bee-oht, -bahy-]. /ˌɛn doʊˈsɪm biˌoʊt, -baɪ-/.
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How to use endosymbiont in a sentence
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.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found|Viviane Callier|September 9, 2020|Quanta MagazineThese endosymbionts were one of the first ever described in an animal.
How Two Became One: Origins of a Mysterious Symbiosis Found|Viviane Callier|September 9, 2020|Quanta Magazine