symbiosis
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Located at the bottom of the world, it’s hard to imagine a place more closely connected to nature, where New Zealand’s Māori communities have long lived in symbiosis with the land.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026
"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
Investors are betting that objective symbiosis and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s skilled Trump whispering will renew the pact with minimal changes.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Later, when the time is right, there may be fusion and symbiosis among the bits, and then we will see eukaryotic thought, metazoans of thought, huge interliving coral shoals of thought.
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
It's impossible take a walk in the woods, eat a meal, or dip in the ocean, without participating in the deep symbioses that have nourished life's plenitude.
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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