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Commensalism Definitions:

  1. A type of symbiosis in which one individual gains from the association (the commensal) and the other is neither harmed nor benefited.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



  2. An association between two species from which one participant (the commensal) derives benefit, and the other is neither benefited nor harmed.

    Essential Microbiology by Stuart Hogg



  3. An unequal relationship in which one species derives benefit without harming the other.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Commensalism Notes:

Commensalism is a kind of relationship between organisms of two species in which one species acquires benefits such as food from the other species and causes no benefit or harm to the other species. One of the well-known examples of this relationship is of Clownfish and anemones.

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