SYMBIOSIS

Symbiosis

Symbiosis is close and often long-term interaction between two or more different biological species. In 1877, Albert Bernhard Frank used the word symbiosis to describe the mutualistic relationship in lichens. In 1879, the German mycologist Heinrich Anton de Bary defined it as "the living together of unlike organisms."

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symbiosis

Noun

  1. A relationship of mutual benefit.
    1. A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species that normally benefits both members.
  2. A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species, regardless of benefit to the members.
  3. (possibly obsolete) The state of people living together in community.


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