For example, the remora fish, which latches onto sharks or large fish and survives by eating scraps or waste without affecting the host. Similarly, pilot fish swim alongside bigger predators, feeding ...

In a recent study published in the Cell Host & Microbe Journal, researchers explored commensalism and pathogenesis relationships in the human mycobiome. Study: One population, multiple lifestyles: ...

Humans present a strong evolutionary force, driving the trajectories of several animal and plant species closely associated with them, called commensals or synanthropes (Matisoo-Smith, 2009; Zeder, ...

Bacterial commensals, for example, are known to have a big influence on human immunity; abnormal changes in these populations have been tied to cancers, inflammatory disorders and even depression.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Current issues are available on the Chicago Journals website: Read the latest issue.Originally published by the Marine Biological ...

The Bulletin is a quarterly publication consisting of major articles based on original studies of birds and short communications that describe observations of particular interest. Each issue also ...

Organisms both cooperate and compete in ecosystems. When they have close and long-term interactions, their relationship is known as symbiosis. In symbiosis, at least one member of the pair benefits ...

A fungus discovered in the mouse stomach may hold a key to fungal evolution within the gastrointestinal tract, according to new research led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The finding ...

Generally speaking, symbiotic relationships are arrangements that are mutually beneficial to both organisms. One example of a typical animal-animal symbiotic relationship is that between sharks and ...