symbiotic bacteria

collocation in English

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symbiotic
adjective
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/ˌsɪm.baɪˈɒt.ɪk/us
/ˌsɪm.baɪˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
biologyspecialized
involving two types of animal or plant in which each provides the conditions necessary for the other to continue ...
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bacteria
noun
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/bækˈtɪə.ri.ə/us
/bækˈtɪr.i.ə/
plural ...
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The source of luminescence issymbioticbacteriathat dwell in and around the esca.
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They evolved fromsymbioticbacteriaand retain a remnant genome.
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This happens with the help of a highly specialized stomach that usessymbioticbacteriato help digest food.
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Symbioticbacteriaare able to live in or on plant or animal tissue.
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In digestive systems,symbioticbacteriahelp break down foods that contain fiber.
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Symbioticbacteriaare more at home in this ecological niche and are thus more successful in the competition.
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The modified hypothesis later expanded to include exposure tosymbioticbacteriaand parasites.
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With the aid ofsymbioticbacteria, the plant material is digested there.
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Sloths, therefore, have large, specialized, slow-acting stomachs with multiple compartments in whichsymbioticbacteriabreak down the tough leaves.
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The hygiene hypothesis has now expanded to include exposure tosymbioticbacteriaand parasites as important modulators of immune system development, along with infectious agents.
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The bioluminescence is produced bysymbioticbacteria; these bacteria are thought to enter the esca via an external duct.
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Ciliated cells within the light organs selectively draw in thesymbioticbacteria.
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Humans can digest cellulose only to a very limited extent, though ruminants can do so with the help ofsymbioticbacteriain their gut.
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Symbioticbacteriathat normally inhabit sea sponges start reproducing at an unsustainable rate when ambient temperature of the water increases by a few degrees.
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Land-based wood-borers mostly housesymbioticbacteriain the hindgut which aid in digesting cellulose.
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Sepolid squids expel 90% of thesymbioticbacteriain its light organ each morning in a process known as venting.
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Symbioticbacteriain the cecum help to further digest the non-fibrous particles into a more metabolically manageable substance.
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The cause of this anomaly is the presence ofsymbioticbacterialiving within the gametic cells of the female lady beetles.
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It hassymbioticbacterialiving within its body which supplement its food supply by photosynthesis.
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Along with the similar parabasalid flagellates, they harbor thesymbioticbacteriathat are responsible for breaking down cellulose.
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