A holobiont is an assemblage of a host and the many other species living in or around it, which together form a discrete ecological unit through symbiosis, though there is controversy over its discreteness. The components of a holobiont are individual species or bionts, while the combined genome of all bionts is the hologenome.
A holobiont is an assemblage of a host and the many other species living in or around it, which together form a discrete ecological unit through symbiosis, though there is controversy over its discreteness. The components of a holobiont are individual species or bionts, while the combined genome of all bionts is the hologenome.
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