Symbiosis in which one member (microsymbiote) lives within the other.
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(from the article `algae`) ...epilithic algae live on rocks; endolithic algae live in porous rocks; and chasmolithic algae grow in rock fissures. Some algae live inside other ... Endosymbionts include commensals, facultative parasites, and obligate parasites; the latter category embraces forms that have effects on their hosts ... ......
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A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one of the two organisms (the endosymbiont) lives inside the body of the other one (the host). ... Compare: ectosymbiosis. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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Symbiosis in which one member (micro-symbiote) lives within the other. The hypothesis that mitochondria and chloroplasts are the descendants of ancient procaryotic organisms.
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The relationship between organisms which live one within another (symbiont within host) in a mutually beneficial relationship. This process is believed to have accurred in the the evolution of eukaryotes from prokaryotes involved the symbiotic union of several previously independent ancestors. According to the theory, these ancestors included a hos...
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When one organism takes up permanent residence within another, such that the two become a single functional organism. Mitochondria and plastids are believed to have resulted from endosymbiosis.
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endosymbiosis 1. Symbiosis in which one organism lives inside the body of another and both function as a single organism. 2. A symbiotic relationship between two organisms in which one of the two organisms (the endosymbiont) lives inside the body of the other one (the host).
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symbiosis in which one symbiont lives within the body of the other.
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