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symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism

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A process carried out by symbiont gene products that enables the interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association. The various forms of symbiosis include parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms; mutualism, in which the association is advantageous, or often necessary to one or both and not harmful to either; and commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected. However, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of interactions and should rather be perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. In fact, the direction of a symbiotic interaction can change during the lifetime of the symbionts due to developmental changes as well as changes in the biotic/abiotic environment in which the interaction occurs. Microscopic symbionts are often referred to as endosymbionts. [ https://study.com/academy/lesson/symbiont-definition-lesson-quiz.html ]

Term info

Label

symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism

Subsets

goslim_chembl, goslim_generic

comment

Changed term, definition see https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/14807

has alternative id

GO:0072519, GO:0043298, GO:0085031, GO:0044404

has narrow synonym

host-pathogen interaction, commensalism, parasitism

has obo namespace

biological_process

has related synonym

symbiotic interaction between organisms, symbiosis, symbiotic interaction between host and organism, symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism, symbiotic interaction, symbiotic interaction between species

id

GO:0044403