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Antibiosis

An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

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An association between organisms that is detrimental (harmful) to one or more of them; especially that due to a metabolic substance produced by one of them.

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xenobiosisnoun	(biology) A form of symbiosis where one species of ant lives with another and the two species raise their young separately.
amensalismnoun	(ecology) A form of biological or ecological interaction or relationship in which one species is harmed or impeded and the other is unaffected.
epibiosisnoun	(biology) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it
symbiosisnoun	A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
aposymbiosisnoun	(ecology) A form of symbiosis in which two species live independently of each other, but their life cycles affect one another.
isoantagonismnoun	(biology, rare) Antagonism between same species in a shared environment.
probiosisnoun	The mutual beneficial effect that two organisms have on each other
biocidenoun	Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.
coinhibitionnoun	(biology) inhibition by two or more different materials
heteroantagonismnoun	(biology) Antagonism between different species in a shared environment.
cytobiosisnoun	(biology) Symbiosis in which one of the symbiotic organisms exists within a cells of the other.
bioassociationnoun	biological association
syntrophynoun	(biology) The relationship between the individuals of different species (especially of bacteria) in which one or both benefit nutritionally from the presence of the other
abiosisnoun	(uncountable) The absence of life.
cytobiontnoun	(biology) An organism involved in cytobiosis.
sysbiosisnoun	Misspelling of symbiosis. [A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.]
epibiontynoun	(biology) The condition of being epibiontic
autopathynoun	(biology) An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
parabiosisnoun	(physiology) The (natural or surgical) union of parts of two organisms, especially in such a way as to cause them to share their vascular systems. Organisms so joined then are called parabionts.
parasitismnoun	(ecology, biology) Interaction between two organisms, in which one organism (the parasite) benefits and the other (the host) is harmed.