| Term Name: | symbiont-containing vacuole |
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| Synonyms: | bacterium-containing vacuole, parasitophorous vacuole, pathogen-occupied vacuole, Salmonella-containing vacuole, SCV |
| Definition: | Membrane-bounded vacuole within a host cell in which a symbiont organism resides. The vacuole membrane is derived from both the host and symbiont. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0020003] QuickGO AmiGO |