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endosymbiosis, n. Biol.
Brit. |ˌɛndəʊˌsɪmbʌɪˈəʊsɪs|, |ˌɛndəʊˌsɪmbɪˈəʊsɪs|, U.S. |ˈˌɛndoʊˌsɪmbaɪˈoʊsəs|, |ˌɛndoʊˌsɪmbiˈoʊsəs|
Plural endosymbioses
[‹ endo- prefix and comb. form + symbiosis n. Compare German Endosymbiose (T. Baumgärtel Mikrobielle Symbiosen im Pflanzen- u. Tierreich (1940) 5). Compare earlier endosymbiont n.]
A form of symbiosis in which one organism lives inside another; an instance of this.
1932Biol. Abstr. 6 2363/1 New cases of endosymbiosis are reported in which a ‘Blaualge’, ‘cyanella’..lives symbiotically within the cell of another alga. 1947E. A. Steinhaus Insect Microbiol. iv. 206 Similarly ingenious methods of transfer occur with the intracellular organisms. They are sometimes known as ‘cyclic endosymbioses’. 1972Amer. Naturalist 106469 The endosymbioses of Paramecium with bacterial species may provide some species of Paramecium with a mechanism of interference. 2000Nature 4 May p. ix/1 Recent data..support the idea that a single primary endosymbiosis between a cyanobacterium and a eukaryotic host gave rise to both the red algae and to green algae and plants. |