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host role |
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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 |
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| definition source |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_(biology) 30 Mar09 submitted by vaccine community OBI |
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| 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 |
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| editor preferred term |
host role |
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| 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 |
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OBI:0000725 |
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host role |
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| term editor |
GROUP: Role Branch |
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| textual 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 |
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