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| − | '''facultative''' ( | + | '''facultative''' ([[Category:Adjective]][[:Category:Adjective|adjective]]; ''opposite:'' [[obligate]]) – optional; not necessarily; not [[obligate]] ("q. v."). For example, in nature almost all [[photobiont]]s, even ''Trebouxia'' species occur independently of a [[lichen symbiosis]]. Thus [[photobiont]]s are mostly facultatively lichenized. |
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facultative (adjective; opposite: obligate) – optional; not necessarily; not obligate ("q. v."). For example, in nature almost all photobionts, even Trebouxia species occur independently of a lichen symbiosis. Thus photobionts are mostly facultatively lichenized.
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