loading...| Preferred Name |
host role |
| Definitions |
host role is a role played by an organism and realized by providing nourishment, shelter or a means of reproduction to another organism within the organism playing the host role |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0000725 |
| definition |
host role is a role played by an organism and realized by providing nourishment, shelter or a means of reproduction to another organism within the organism playing the host role |
| definition source |
30 Mar09 submitted by vaccine community OBI |
| editor note |
30Mar09 virus reproducing inside a cell; bacteria causing a disease, host can be harmed or not. we want to avoid a cat sitting on my lap and an animal care technician; these are not examples or hosts; dental cares = on tooth, but part of outer layer of tooth, so covered by "within" in the definition |
| editor preferred label |
host role |
| example of usage |
In biology, a host is an organism that harbors a virus or parasite, or a mutual or commensal symbiont, typically providing nourishment and shelter. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(biology) 30 March 09 |
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host role |
| prefixIRI |
OBI:0000725 |
| prefLabel |
host role |
| term editor |
GROUP: Role Branch |
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