“This paper sets the stage for the possibility that our mutualistic gut bacteria evolved at the same rate as hominids, which, to me, suggests that this mutualistic symbiosis helped the human species ...

Bacteria permeate virtually every corner of ... individual fitness is enhanced by the interactions. As with any mutualism or commensalism, this does not rule out selection on individual cells.

So, auxin functions as a mediator in that mutualistic relationship in which algae and bacteria help each other. Also, interestingly, these bacteria can feed on auxin only in the presence of the ...

Mutualistic interactions are mutually beneficial species interactions. Plant-pollinator mutualisms are particularly important, and involve nearly 170,000 plant and 200,000 animal species. Aa Aa Aa ...

“This Elizabethkingia was a bacteria that we found in our . . . transmission experiments ... could be serving as a defensive symbiotic for the developing larvae.” She says that such mutualistic ...