holobiont.

A host organism and its associated microorganisms considered as an interacting biological unit.

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Words that belong together

• a coral holobiont
• holobiont interactions

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The survey treated the coral and its microbial associates as a holobiont.

She warned that studying the holobiont did not make every association beneficial.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular holobiont; plural holobionts. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.