Symbiosis

symbiosis
association of two different species of organisms for mutual benefit, living together
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Symbiosis
Most of the interactions between species involve food:
competing for the same food supply
eating (predation)
avoiding being eaten (avoiding predation) ...
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Symbiosis (pl. symbioses) (from the Greek words syn = con/plus and biono = living) is an interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association or even the merging of two dissimilar organisms.
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Symbiosis is the interactive association of two or more species living together. There are several types of symbiosis in Nature. Parasitism is a symbiosis where one organism causes harm to the other, its host.
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symbiosis: the relationship between two populations that live together in a close, permanent, and mutually beneficial association.
sympathetic nervous system: a subdivision of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for an emergency.
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symbiosis -- n. A relationship between two organisms that live in intimate contact with each other; includes mutualism (both organisms benefit, they rely on each other for survival), ...
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symbiosis
[Gk. syn, together with + bioonai, to live]
An ecological relationship between organisms of two different species that live together in direct contact.
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Symbiosis. The close association of two or more dissimilar organisms where both receive an advantage from the association. See Commensalism, Parasitism.
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symbiosis The living together of two different species in an intimate relationship. Symbiont always benefits; host may benefit, may be unaffected, or may be harmed (mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism).
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See Parasitism, Symbiosis. Competency. An ephemeral state, induced by treatment with cold cations, during which bacterial cells are capable of uptaking foreign DNA. Complementary DNA or RNA.
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Complex plastids originate by secondary endosymbiosis, when a eukaryote engulfs a red or green alga and retains the algal plastid, which is typically surrounded by more than two membranes, and reduced in its metabolic and/or photosynthetic capacity.
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In a matter, it's like a symbiosis. The photosynthetic organisms are your primary producers, but some of them are aerobic primary producers; some are anaerobic primary producers. When there's no oxygen, they can still produce, use light energy.
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Plants and fungi (in symbiosis) invaded the land about 400 million years ago. The first plants were moss-like and required moist environments to survive.
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those existing between different species, are numerous, and usually described according to their beneficial, detrimental or neutral effect (for example, symbiosis (relation ++) or competition (relation --)).
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Mutual symbiosis between clownfish of the genus Amphiprion that dwell among the tentacles of tropical sea anemones.
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Beginnings of the domain eucarya, cyanobacteria, and oxygen and the acquisition of mitochondria by endosymbiosis. [Carolina Biological Supply Company (800/334-5551 or 336/584-0381, carolina@carolina.com)] ...
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nitrogen fixation Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (N2) into a reduced, biologically available form by nitrogen-fixing organisms, often in symbiosis with legumes.
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