#bacteriocit
- Bacteriocyte — A specialized cell present within the body of certain insects or invertebrates (such as aphids or cockroaches), strictly destined to house endosymbiotic bacteria transmitted heritably. Physiologically, the bacteriocyte ensures a controlled metabolic environment where bacteria supply the host with essential nutrients, like amino acids, which the host cannot synthesize on its own.
- Bacteriocytosis — A pathological condition or biological phenomenon characterized by the abnormal presence, accumulation, or proliferation of bacteria within host cells. In a clinical context, bacteriocytosis describes the advanced stage of persistent intracellular bacterial infections, where the phagocytic capacity of the cells is overwhelmed, turning them into replication reservoirs.