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Epibiont

An epibiont (from the Ancient Greek meaning "living on top of") is an organism that lives on the surface of another living organism, called the basibiont ("living underneath"). The interaction between the two organisms is called epibiosis. An epibiont is, by definition, harmless to its host. In this sense, the interaction between the two organisms can be…

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Ancient GreekOrganismNeutralisticCommensalisticParasitic
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Epibionts and their basibiont

Daphnia pulicariaDeltaproteobacteria
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Epibiont

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Edges32
Triples15
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.060606
Components1

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related to Epibionts and their basibiont · 5
Epibiont → Basibiont, Candidatus Desulfobulbus, Daphnia, Deltaproteobacteria, Korshikoviella

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organisms surface interaction epibionts organism two host basibiont found called marine adaptations examples barnacles remoras bacteria living lives another considered

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
whalesinstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
sharksinstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
sea turtlesinstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
and mangrove trees.Although there is no direct effect of the epibiont to the hostinstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
there are often indirect effects resulting from this interactioninstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
change in the surface of the hostinstance ofmany of which live on the surfaces of larger marine organisms0.80text
draginstance ofas surface qualities do impact necessary ecological functions0.80text
radiation absorptioninstance ofas surface qualities do impact necessary ecological functions0.80text
nutrient uptakeinstance ofas surface qualities do impact necessary ecological functions0.80text
etcinstance ofas surface qualities do impact necessary ecological functions0.80text
Epibiontrelated to Epibionts and their basibiontKorshikoviella0.60section
Epibiontrelated to Epibionts and their basibiontBasibiont0.60section

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