photobiont

English

Etymology

photo- +‎ -biont

Noun

photobiont (plural photobionts)

1. A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.
   • 2022, Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, Microbial Symbionts, page 811:

     It has micobiont from Ascomycota and Basidiomycota belonging to kingdom Fungi and photobiont from Trebouxia species.

Hyponyms

• (photosynthetic symbiont): phycobiont (plants), cyanobiont (cyanobacteria)