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Commensal Definitions:
Living on or within another organism without injuring or benefiting the other organism.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
An organism that lives in or on another organism, deriving some benefit from the association but not harming the other party.
Essential Microbiology by Stuart Hogg
Commensal Notes:
Commensals are the organisms, which live on other organisms, derive some benefits from the relationship, and usually do not harm the other organism. They neither benefit nor harm the other organism. One of the well-known examples of this relationship is of Clownfish and anemones. Commensal is smaller than the host.
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