Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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The two important symbiotic partnerships that occur in soil.

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Symbiotic relationship or symbiosis is a special type of interaction between two unrelated organisms. These interactions between species include four main ways to interact, such as mutualism, commensalism, competition, parasitism, and predation. The organism involved in the interaction said to be symbionts.

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