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From years ago: a Demodex human arthropod I recorded with my iPhone through a microscope. They spend their days head down in your hair follicles, drinking oil and eating skin flakes. At night, they emerge to, um, mingle on your face. #NeverReallyAlone #Commensalism

🐢 Explore #symbiosis - especially #commensalism - with Gopher Tortoise: Secrets of the Burrow!

This free #SchoolyardFilms doc shows how 350+ species rely on the tortoise’s burrow for shelter & survival. Perfect for #K12 #science lessons!

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#lifescience

⏱️ Live Feed: Pr Laurence Zitvogel (Gustave Roussy, France) talked about the #metabolism at the cross road between gut #commensalism and
cancer #immunosurveillance.

Scuba diver films dazzling jellyfish in Thailand. What she spots attached to it amazes her even more — BBC Wildlife Magazine These tiny creatures sometimes use jellyfish as a means of transport, hitching a ride to get to where they need to go. July 21, 2025 An underwater videographer has shared the incredible moment a tiny ...

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@y-exclamationpoint.bsky.social
moments of underwater zen:
#commensalism
#Uber-jellyfish
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#BBCWildlife

New research article! 📰

Timmermans et al. combined behavioral and microscopic gut analysis to reveal that termite inquiline feeds on nest refuse while its host consumes microepiphytes. 🍃
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...

#SocialInsects #TrophicNiche #Commensalism #Termitidae #Constrictotermes #Foraging

While not uncommon in any way, sometimes these #oxycephalus #amphipods pose soooo well that it’s impossible to not photograph it! It’s riding a colony of #salp clones

#oxycephalusamphipod #amphipod #salps #blackwater #blackwaterdiving #symbiosis #commensalism #gug #chrisgug #gugunderwater

Blocking plant immune responses gives colonizing bacteria a competitive advantage A study led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne has shown that the ability to suppress plant immune responses is shared among many of the bacteria that l...

Blocking #plant #immune responses gives colonizing #bacteria a #competitive advantage.

#root #microbiota #symbiosis #commensalism #flagellin #FLS2 #mmunosuppression #Xanthomonadales #Arabidopsis

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New publication: Understanding human-#commensalism through an ecological and evolutionary framework, by @ruthfawthrop @melissah_rowe and others. #adaptation #anthropogenicniche
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.10.006

House sparrows using the nests of cliff swallows (on the side of a hotel).

#Commensalism or #parasitism?