recognition of symbiont

id: GO:0051855
name: recognition of symbiont
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The set of specific processes that allow an organism to detect the presence of its symbiont via physical or chemical signals. The symbiont is defined as the smaller of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009602detection of symbiont
GO:0051702interaction with symbiont
GO:0051824recognition of other organism involved in symbiotic interaction