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Recent Examples of mutualistic
By comparing interspecies cooperation with communication systems found within species and in other mutualistic relationships, the authors provide a broader framework for understanding how cooperation emerges and persists.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
This suggests that the mutualistic relationship is obligatory for the host but facultative for the endosymbiont (see also coral bleaching).
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Emily Yeager, the lead author of the study, told USA TODAY in an interview that the symbiotic relationship between remoras and their hosts had been considered either mutualistic, where both species benefit or commensal, where one benefits without affecting the other.
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James Powel,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Corals, too, have a mutualistic relationship with some seagrasses.
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David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
Reciprocity sustains mutualistic exchange.
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Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
This suggests that the mutualistic relationship is obligatory for the host but facultative for the endosymbiont (see also coral bleaching).
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
18 June 2026
Emily Yeager, the lead author of the study, told USA TODAY in an interview that the symbiotic relationship between remoras and their hosts had been considered either mutualistic, where both species benefit or commensal, where one benefits without affecting the other.
—
James Powel,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Corals, too, have a mutualistic relationship with some seagrasses.
—
David George Haskell,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
Reciprocity sustains mutualistic exchange.
—
Scott Hutcheson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutualistic
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In India, the country is obsessed with cricket and Bollywood movies, which share a symbiotic relationship that has proven to be a major obstacle in attempts to build soccer’s popularity.
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Kombucha Kombucha is made by combining tea with sugar, which serves as food for the symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeasts (SCOBY) during fermentation.
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For example, cleaning stations are mutualistic while hitchhiking is commensal.
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This represents a prey pathway in the domestication process in addition to a commensal one.
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Some states have started to broaden these rules to allow candidates to use campaign funds for other dependent care, too, like elder care.
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Car companies and their supply chains are particularly dependent on the movement of goods through USMCA and have been in the crosshairs of the administration's tariff policy.
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Indeed, there is a strong case to be made that NBCUniversal is a far stronger business, and a far more synergistic partner for Netflix, than WBD, across all fronts.
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The announcement came on the 55th anniversary of the 1971 feature’s premiere, the latest synergistic effort by ElevenLabs.
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“Mutualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutualistic. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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