| BIONTS | • bionts n. Plural of biont. • BIONT n. a physiologically independent living organism. | 
| EOBIONTS | • eobionts n. Plural of eobiont. • EOBIONT n. a type of basic organism. | 
| SYMBIONTS | • symbionts n. Plural of symbiont. • SYMBIONT n. (Greek) an organism living in close association with another, also SYMBION, SYMBIOT, SYMBIOTE. | 
| AEROBIONTS | • aerobionts n. Plural of aerobiont. • AEROBIONT n. an aerobe, an organism requiring oxygen to survive. | 
| HALOBIONTS | • halobionts n. Plural of halobiont. • HALOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. | 
| MYCOBIONTS | • mycobionts n. Plural of mycobiont. • MYCOBIONT n. the fungal constituent of a lichen. | 
| DIPLOBIONTS | • diplobionts n. Plural of diplobiont. • DIPLOBIONT n. an organism that has both haploid and diploid individuals in its life cycle. | 
| HAPLOBIONTS | • HAPLOBIONT n. an organism living in a salt environment. | 
| PHYCOBIONTS | • phycobionts n. Plural of phycobiont. • PHYCOBIONT n. the algal constituent of a lichen. | 
| SAPROBIONTS | • saprobionts n. Plural of saprobiont. • SAPROBIONT n. any organism, esp. a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter, also SAPROTROPH. | 
| ANAEROBIONTS | • ANAEROBIONT n. an organism not requiring oxygen for its life processes, also ANAEROBE, ANAEROBIUM. | 
| CRYPTOBIONTS | • cryptobionts n. Plural of cryptobiont. • CRYPTOBIONT n. any organism that exhibits cryptobiosis. | 
| ENDOSYMBIONTS | • endosymbionts n. Plural of endosymbiont. • ENDOSYMBIONT n. an endosymbiotic organism. | 
| PARASYMBIONTS | • parasymbionts n. Plural of parasymbiont. • PARASYMBIONT n. a partner in parasymbiosis. |