What is another word for endobiont?
Pronunciation: [ˈɛndə͡ʊbɪˌɒnt] (IPA) 
Endobiont refers to a microbe that lives inside a host organism. There are various synonyms that can be used to represent the term endobiont such as intracellular, endosymbiont, endophyte, endozoic, and endosaprophyte. Intracellular refers to something that exists inside a cell, endosymbiont refers to symbiotic microorganisms living inside a cell or mitochondria of another organism while the endophyte denotes a plant or fungus that lives inside a tissue of another plant without causing harm. Endozoic refers to microorganisms that live inside the digestive tract of an animal, and endosaprophyte refers to a fungus that grows inside dead or living plants without causing harm. These synonyms can be used interchangeably to refer to endobiont, depending on the context of the discussion.
