symbiotype

symbiotype

English

Noun

symbiotype (plural symbiotypes)

1. (biology) The type of symbiont.
   • 2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143728:

     Aphid type was defined as a combination of aphid colour and symbiotype.

Verb

symbiotype (third-person singular simple present symbiotypes, present participle symbiotyping, simple past and past participle symbiotyped)

1. (biology, transitive) To determine the type of a symbiont.
   • 2015 December 1, “Conditional Reduction of Predation Risk Associated with a Facultative Symbiont in an Insect”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0143728:

     When the experiment considered only green aphids with different symbiotic status, their distinction was allowed by symbiotyping the surviving individuals (diagnostic PCR).