Commensalism: Commensalism occurs when one organism is positively affected by the relationship while the other organism is not affected, either negatively or positively, by the interaction.

If only one partner benefits, and the other is not much affected, the relationship is called commensalism. Consider barnacles that attach themselves to whales. The whales aren't harmed ...

Symbiotic relationships are the close associations formed between pairs of species. They come in a variety of forms, such as parasitism (where one species benefits and the other is harmed) and ...

Ecologists use a different term for each type of symbiotic relationship. When both species benefit it is defined as Mutualism. When one species benefits and the other is unaffected, it is defined as ...

Not all symbiotic relationships benefit both partners. In cases of commensalism, one organism benefits and the other neither gains nor loses. Small birds, for example, sometimes perch on large ...

In recent years, quantitative real-time PCR tests have been extensively developed in clinical microbiology laboratories for routine diagnosis of infectious diseases, particularly bacterial ...

"The Cluster of Excellence 'Balance of the Microverse' at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, with its focus on microbial interactions, offers us an ideal environment for this," says Hube. More ...