holobiontとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

holobiont (複数形 holobionts)

1. (ecology) A host organism plus its associated microorganisms
   • 2015 August 13, Christiane Schmidt et al., “Recent Invasion of the Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern Mediterranean Facilitated by the Ongoing Warming Trend”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132917:

     The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont.

   • 2018, Nicola Davis, The Guardian, 256 March:

     Some say we should be seen as a holobiont, a term that reflects the intimate, co-dependent relationship humans have with microbes.

関連する語

• holobiome