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| − | '''endocytobiosis''' (''pl.'' endocytobioses) – a [[symbiosis]] where one symbiont inhabits the cytoplasm of another. Both [[chloroplast]]s and [[mitochondria]] are cell organelles now widely believed to have evolved from [[bacteria]] that once lived as [[endosymbiont]]s within the cytoplasm of ancestors of [[eukaryotic]] cells. The only extant known example of an endocytobiosis is the lichen-like [[zygomycete]] ''Geosiphon pyriforme'' | + | '''endocytobiosis''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' endocytobioses; [[Category:Ecology term]][[:Category:Ecology term|ecology term]]) – a [[symbiosis]] where one [[symbiont]] inhabits the [[cytoplasm]] of another. Both [[chloroplast]]s and [[mitochondria]] are cell organelles now widely believed to have evolved from [[bacteria]] that once lived as [[endosymbiont]]s within the [[cytoplasm]] of ancestors of [[eukaryotic]] cells. The only extant known example of an [[endocytobiosis]] is the lichen-like [[zygomycete]] ''Geosiphon pyriforme''. ''Related terms:'' [[lichen symbiosis]]. |
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endocytobiosis (noun, pl. endocytobioses;ecology term) – a symbiosis where one symbiont inhabits the cytoplasm of another. Both chloroplasts and mitochondria are cell organelles now widely believed to have evolved from bacteria that once lived as endosymbionts within the cytoplasm of ancestors of eukaryotic cells. The only extant known example of an endocytobiosis is the lichen-like zygomycete Geosiphon pyriforme. Related terms: lichen symbiosis.
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