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Type of being, organism
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Examples of commensal

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Orchids and mosses are plants that can have a commensal relationship with trees.
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Commensal bacteria play a role in mating preference of Drosophila melanogaster.
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It is derived from the English word commensal used of human social interaction.
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A composite bacteriophage alters colonization by an intestinal commensal bacterium.
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It's a commensal member of the skin microbiome, which means that we benefit from it.
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Head lice, intestinal parasites, and commensal bacteria were never so funny.
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Peripheral education of the immune system by colonic commensal microbiota.
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In the colon, the outer mucus layer is the habitat for commensal bacteria.
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Commensal microbiota and myelin autoantigen cooperate to trigger autoimmune demyelination.
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More examples
  • Living in a state of commensalism
  • Either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent
  • In ecology, commensalism is a class of relationship between two organisms where one organism benefits but the other is unaffected. ...
  • (commensality) The act of eating together
  • (Commensals) Non-pathogenic microorganisms that become part of the host's normal flora.
  • One of two partners living in permanent close association, which gains a slight benefit from the association without causing serious disadvantage to the other.
  • Having benefit for one member of a two-species association but neither positive nor negative effect on the other.
  • An organism that derives nourishment or shelter by living in close association with another organism (the host), without damaging the host.
  • One organism lives with another, but is not parasitic. The word refers to the practice of "eating at the same table".