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hostIn biology, an organism that is parasitized by another. In commensalism, the partner that does not benefit may also be called the host. host
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These findings suggest strict host specificity between the strains in these genogroups and the host animal family. Those on discerning recent divergence include speciation by geography and sexual selection, host specificity and its co-evolutionary implications, the complexities of Knowledge of this host specificity allows specialists in agriculture, medicine and food safety research to apply specific phages to help identify, track, and treat or prevent bacterial infections. |
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