symbiosis
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"What was previously thought to be a process driven solely by the fish may actually reflect a close symbiosis between the fish and its gut microbial community."
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
U.S.-India symbiosis could pay off big in the long term as the 1.5 billion-strong growth juggernaut builds its future on California technology, says Wendy Cutler, vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
According to critics, this symbiosis creates a scientific veneer for state violence, allowing law enforcement to brand old tactics of containment and harassment as “precise” and “data-driven.”
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
There is no spiritual symbiosis; I'm just a petty thief who lifts his memories the same way I’ll take a handful of change left on his dresser.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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Phage interactions with bacteria are well known, and interactions between bacteria and their mammalian host can lead to a range of symbioses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023
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
Fungi are also involved in ecologically important coevolved symbioses, both mutually beneficial and pathogenic with organisms from the other kingdoms.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
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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