What does the word symbiosis mean, give examples?

Symbiosis is a mutually beneficial relationship between animals, between animals and plants.

Examples of symbiosis:

– legumes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria;

– trees and mushrooms;

– lichens (algae + mushrooms);

– termites and protozoa in their stomach;

– orchids and insectivorous birds;

– pollination of flowers by insects, birds, bats;

– predatory ants and myrmecochory plants (mimosas, acacia);

– man and cultivated plants.



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