detection of symbiont
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.
GO:0009608
response to symbiont
is_a
GO:0051702
biological process involved in interaction with symbiont
is_a
GO:0098543
detection of other organism
is_a
perception of symbiont
related
recognition of symbiont
exact