symbiosis
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"The ocean is especially rich in these partnerships, and the toadfish-vibrio symbiosis potentially linked to calcium carbonate production is a striking new example."
From Science Daily ● May 31, 2026
"I think there's a really nice symbiosis between the two of them, but honestly a lot of it is work, it's connecting off the pitch, it's preparation and it's understanding what they see."
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
Nothing captures Mr. Sankar’s ardent pursuit of a private-public defense symbiosis better than his call to seek out “heretics” and elevate them to positions of military and strategic authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
The copter-drone symbiosis will also come into effective play in civilian, firefighting or police missions, said Gerin-Roze.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
The nitrogen-fixing rhizobia in root nodules, the mycetomes of insects, and the enzyme-producing colonies in the digestive tracts of many animals are variations of this meticulously symmetrical symbiosis.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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"These areas likely harbor similar microbial symbioses, which means that these interactions impact ecosystem functioning on a global scale."
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
Most plant roots are colonized by mycorrhizal fungi, forming one of Earth’s most widespread symbioses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
These deeply intimate symbioses are everywhere in nature, forming the foundation of the living world.
From Salon ● May 30, 2021
Animals in this phylum show parasitic and commensal symbioses with other species in their habitat.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
In the 1960s Lynn Margulis posited that the mitochondria in our cells and chloroplasts in plant cells were relictual bacteria, evidence of ancient symbioses.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2012
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