# @seed on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BgFHf0BjU27
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34248024-seed-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2018-03-08T23:02:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

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Symbiosis • Noun • \ ˌsim-bē-ˈō-səs , -ˌbī- \⠀
From Greek σύν "together" and βίωσις "living”⠀
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#Scientific Definition:⠀
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Any type of close and long-term biological interaction between two different organisms, usually with benefits to one or both involved. The interaction can be mutualistic, commensal, or parasitic.⠀
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#Seed Translation:⠀
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In 1879, #German #mycologist (the study of #fungi) Heinrich Anton de Bary first defined #symbiosis as ‘the living together of unlike #organisms’. Symbiosis can occur in many different ways, with various #permutations of benefit, harm, or neutral effect on each party.⠀
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Symbiotic #bacteria, for example, are deeply interesting. Nitrogen-fixing #rhizobia reside in #legumes and help them grow. Others colonize young #coral and help determine where they settle on a reef. And perhaps most fascinating—there are #trillions of invisible bacteria that live in and on our #bodies right now, humming along to multitudes of minute interactions.

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organisms, legumes, coral, symbiosis, trillions, fungi, mycologist, german, rhizobia, permutations, seed, bacteria, bodies, scientific

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