acquisition of nutrients from host

id: GO:0044002
name: acquisition of nutrients from host
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process that begins with the production and formation of structures and molecules in an organism that are required for the acquisition and utilization of nutrients from its host organism, and the ends with the acquirement of the nutrients. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0052099acquisition by symbiont of nutrients from host via siderophores

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0051701interaction with host
GO:0051816acquisition of nutrients from other organism during symbiotic interaction