Question

What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont signify?

Answer 1

Answer:

Some organisms such as lichens have symbiotic relations or associations.

• Symbiosis means that they form a type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms.

In case of lichens, the two biological organisms in association are: algae and fungi.

• The algal part is known as phycobiont. (autotrophic)
• The fungal part is knwon as mycobiont. (heterotrophic)

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Answer 2

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Phycobiont refers to the algal component of the lichens and mycobiont refers to the fungal component. Both of these are present in a symbiotic relationship in which algae prepare food for fungi due to the presence of chlorophyll whereas the fungus provides shelter to algae and absorbs water and nutrients from the soil.

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