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 ...

In the case of a healthy gut, both the person and the bacteria do well out of the relationship: a nice example of mutualistic ...

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.

As Diana Six explains, mutualistic relationships will be affected particularly severely. Climate change will profoundly transform our biosphere. However, we have little ability to predict how the ...

“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 ...

This alliance is an example of mutualism, a form of symbiosis, an intimate relationship between different organisms whose survival depends on one another. Other examples include bacteria that ...