"holobiont" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2015 August 13, Christiane Schmidt et al., “Recent Invasion of the Symbiont-Bearing Foraminifera Pararotalia into the Eastern Mediterranean Facilitated by the Ongoing Warming Trend”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI",
          "text": "The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont.",
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          "text": "Some say we should be seen as a holobiont, a term that reflects the intimate, co-dependent relationship humans have with microbes.",
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          "ref": "2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 103",
          "text": "Holobionts are the lichens of this world, the more-than-the-sums of parts.",
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        "(ecology) A host organism plus its associated microorganisms"
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