Term Name: symbiont-containing vacuole
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

Relationships
has parts: symbiont-containing vacuolar space symbiont-containing vacuole membrane
is a type of: extracellular membrane-bounded organelle host cell cytoplasm part