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NTR: lichenicole #110

Open diatomsRcool opened 5 years ago

diatomsRcool commented 5 years ago

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Preferred term label

lichenicole

Synonyms

Textual definition

a parasite that only lives on lichen and uses lichen as its host

Suggested parent term

parasite (when it gets worked out)

Attribution

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2908-3327

diatomsRcool commented 5 years ago

@jhammock @KatjaSchulz what do you think of this? Is a lichenicole always a fungus?

KatjaSchulz commented 5 years ago

I am no expert, but as far as I know lichenicole or lichenicolous are NOT used for lichen-associated arthropods. So I suspect it may be a specific mycological term. I would check though to make sure the association is always parasitic.

diatomsRcool commented 5 years ago

I'm going to err on the side of caution and not make this a parasite. So that means it is an organism quality, describing where it lives. Term: lichenicolous Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's ability to live on lichen exclusively.

Thoughts? @KatjaSchulz @jhammock?

diatomsRcool commented 4 years ago

@jhammock Do you think the above will work for you?

diatomsRcool commented 2 years ago

If we treat this as an organism quality, it should go into PATO. Any objections? @jhammock @KatjaSchulz

KatjaSchulz commented 2 years ago

It looks like the PATO organismal quality class is a grab bag for a number of different things. They already have a few ecomorphological terms in there, e.g. arboreal: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0095004 Riffing off the PATO definition for arboreal, I like this alternative definition for lichenicolous: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's morphological and physiological adaptation for living exclusively on lichen.