part of part_of part of part_of biological adhesion symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism symbiotic process adhesion of symbiont to host GO:0044406 GO:0051825 GO:0051856 The attachment of a symbiont to its 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 interaction. This term can be used to annotate both symbiont and host organisms. Consider also annotating to interaction with host ; GO:0051702, or interaction with symbiont ; GO:0051702. adhesion to host adhesion to other organism during symbiotic interaction adhesion to other organism involved in symbiotic interaction adhesion to symbiont biological_process host adhesion multi-organism process