detection of symbiont

id: GO:0009602
name: detection of symbiont
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events in which a stimulus from a symbiont (an organism living in close physical association with an organism of a different species) is received and converted into a molecular signal. The symbiont is defined as the smaller of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0002243detection of parasitic plant
GO:0009597detection of virus
GO:0009603detection of symbiotic fungus
GO:0009604detection of symbiotic bacterium
GO:0051855recognition of symbiont

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009581detection of external stimulus
GO:0009595detection of biotic stimulus
GO:0009608response to symbiont