when there are two organisms living in close proximity to each other and by associating with each other they have an advantage (ex. bacteria in your stomach)
Asaf Levy
@asaflevylab.bsky.social
I found this paper from 2002 about plant-fungal symbiosis which enables both partners to grow above 45C (!) in geothermal soils in Lassen Volcanic and Yellowstone National Parks.
As far as I understand te genetic basis of this thermotolerance is still unknown.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1078055
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40 arguing bats
@gerome.bsky.social
i need to explore the nature of lacey’s relationship with ghost since they do merge together eventually…like parasitic turned symbiotic
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muxelplexer
@muxelplexer.larkspur.one.ap.brid.gy
i have a symbiotic relationship with the spiders in my apartment and i will safeguard them for as long as they stay our of my active peripheral view
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