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epibionts

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002241

An organism living on the surface of another organism. It is harmless to the host (basibiont) but there are often indirect effects as a result of its occupancy on the surface of the host.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002241
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoorganisms; mutualism
TranslationsSpanish: epibiontes
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002241",
  "term": "epibionts",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "An organism living on the surface of another organism. It is harmless to the host (basibiont) but there are often indirect effects as a result of its occupancy on the surface of the host.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "organisms",
    "mutualism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "epibiontes"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/epibionts/"
}

Record 2,241 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.