Category:OMP:0005206 ! adhesion to host phenotype

name: adhesion to host phenotype
def: "An adhesion phenotype that relates to the ability of a microbe to attach to a host via adhesion molecules, general stickiness, etc., either directly or indirectly. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic relationship." [OMP:JG]
xref: GO:0044406 "adhesion to host"
is_a: OMP:0005205 ! adhesion phenotype
is_a: OMP:0007252 ! colonization of a host phenotype
comment: This is a high-level term whose primary purpose is to organize terms beneath it in the ontology, and we expect that it will not be used for direct annotations. Please consider using a more specific term to annotate each phenotype.