Endosymbiont

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-009507",
  "term": "Endosymbiont",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "An organism that lives inside another organism, most often for the benefit of the two (example: rhizobia [nitrogen-fixing soil bacterial] that live within root nodules - rhizobia cannot independently fix nitrogen but need the plant as an energy source; in turn, rhizobia supply the plant host with ammonia and amino acids).",
  "subject": "Biological substances",
  "references": [
    "NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information Bookshelf Microbial Evolution and Co-Adaptation Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/endosymbiont/"
}