Difference between revisions of "Phycobiont"
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| − | '''phycobiont''' (''pl.'' phycobionts) – [[algae]] | + | '''phycobiont''' ([[Category:Noun]][[:Category:Noun|noun]], ''pl.'' phycobionts) – [[algae]] being the [[photobiont]] partner in a [[lichen symbiosis]]. The term is problematic because algae are an ecological rather than a taxonomic group of organisms. From an ecological point of view, [[cyanobacteria]] also represent algae even though they are [[prokaryotic]] and only distantly related to [[eukaryotic]] algae. |
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phycobiont (noun, pl. phycobionts) – algae being the photobiont partner in a lichen symbiosis. The term is problematic because algae are an ecological rather than a taxonomic group of organisms. From an ecological point of view, cyanobacteria also represent algae even though they are prokaryotic and only distantly related to eukaryotic algae.
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