lymphoid follicle

BTO:0002684 ·resolve ·HOST_ASSOCIATED ·EXACT REVIEWED

A small collection of lymphoid tissue found in such organs as the intestines. — BTO

Source attestations

Each upstream vocabulary's own account of this habitat. Assertion counts are per-source units and are not comparable across sources — GOLD counts organisms, BacDive strains, PREGO taxa.

What each upstream vocabulary says about this habitat
Source	Label / path	Assertions	Unit
GOLD	Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Lymphoid tissue > Lymphoid follicles	—

Broader habitats

lymph node BTO:0000784
Lymphoid tissue habitatmech:GOLD.2a523a768a

Also called

Lymphoid follicles — GOLD

Curation

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GROUND 2026-08-12 · claude-opus-5
Grounded to BTO:0002684 'lymphoid follicle' (EXACT). Leaf label equals the BTO label exactly and no other source concept claims it. Path: Host-associated > Mammals: Human > Lymphatic system > Lymphoid tissue > Lymphoid follicles (source concept habitatmech:GOLD.d9a9415dda)

Provenance

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