appressorium formation on or near host

id: GO:0075016
name: appressorium formation on or near host
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process in which a swollen, flattened portion of a symbiont filament is formed on or near its host organism, to adhere to and for the purpose of penetrating the host surface. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044134development of symbiont on or near host phyllosphere
GO:0075015formation of infection structure on or near host