Talk:List of symbiotic relationships/Archive 1

The parenthetical comment in the sentence "Leafcutter ants and the fungus they 'farm' (note also the third mutualist: an antibiotic producing bacteria that promotes fungal growth)" was confusing. I made a "first effort" at clarifying it simply by incorporating/paraphrasing material from the "leafcutter ants" article. this is a bunch of bullshit 69.140.157.138 07:23, 24 June 2006 (UTC) WHAT ABOUT CHAPARRAL???

- What about chaparral? That's a plant community, not a form of symbiosis. -- Peter Werner

I removed the following:


 * Mitochondria with eukaryote cells

This indeed has its origin in an endosymbiotic relationship, but cannot now be considered a form of symbiosis, since a mitochondrion cannot be said to be a separate living organism. -- Peter Werner May 24, 2005

How about sources for some of the partnerships?
Instead of just stating:
 * Small mammals and hypogeous fungi
 * Legumes and rhizobia (nitrogen-fixing bacteria)
 * Euprymna squid (family Sepiolidae) and bioluminescent bacteria (Vibrio fischeri)
 * Anglerfish and bioluminescent bacteria
 * Polydnavirus and parasitoid wasps
 * Cycads and cyanobacteria

How about some sources that point to these partnerships? Not being a dick just would like to look some of these up because I'm interested. &rarr;ΣcoPhreek Δ 03:20, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

New Article Needed
Humans and cultivated plants is the first entry, but there is no page (article) that discusses the mutual symbiotic relationship between plants and animals (including human beings). Plants use the solids, liquids and gases (CO2) we excrete and we use the oxygen and food provided by plants. We need to grow more plants to feed an ever growing population, and to clean up our wastes... Friendlyinnovators (talk) 18:04, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Title of Page
This page is misleadingly titled "List of symbiotic relationships," using the vernacular definition of symbiotic. In biology, a symbiotic relationship can be mutualism (+/+), commensalism(+/0), or parasitism (+/-), not just mutualism. Either the title should be changed or this article should be merged with the lists of commonly cited commensalistic and parasitic relationships. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.86.95 (talk) 22:16, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Some symbiotic relationships
An external link recently removed was a link to a page which discusses the following symbiotic relationships. Maybe someone can find another source (or other sources) with that information. -- Wavelength (talk) 20:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
 * baboons and impalas
 * ostriches and zebras
 * algas and funguses (together comprising lichens)
 * legumes and bacteria
 * plants and funguses
 * bees and flowers
 * some ants and acacia trees
 * some ants and aphids
 * large blue butterfly and red ant
 * screech owl and blind snake
 * water thick-knee (or water dikkop) and Nile crocodile
 * cattle egrets or oxpeckers and antelope, cows, giraffes, or oxen
 * hippopotamus and black labeos (a species of carp)
 * cleaner shrimps and anemones
 * polyps and algas (together comprising coral reefs)