Symbiosis

Definition of Symbiosis

Sym`bi`o´sis
antagonistic symbiosisorantipathetic symbiosis, inwhichtheassociationisdisadvantageousordestructivetooneoftheorganisms, butordinarilyitisusedofcaseswheretheassociationisadvantageous, oroftennecessary, tooneorboth, andnotharmfultoeither. Whenthereisbodilyunion (inextremecasessoclosethatthetwoformpracticallyasinglebody, asintheunionof algæ andfungitoformlichens, andintheinclusionof algæ inradiolarians) itiscalledconjunctive symbiosis; ifthereisnoactualunionoftheorganisms (asintheassociationofantswithmyrmecophytes), disjunctive symbiosis.
n.1.(Biol.) The living together in more or less imitative association or even close union of two dissimilar organisms. In a broad sense the term includes parasitism, or

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