Symbiotic interactions of microorganisms are widespread in nature, and support fundamentally important processes in diverse areas of biology that range from health and disease to ecology and the ...

Nutrient-filled crypts, for example, appear in symbiotic organs across the animal kingdom, suggesting that there are benefits to confining bacteria in this way. Restricting interactions to these ...

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship where all species involved benefit from their interactions. While mutualism is highly complex, it can be roughly broken down into two types of ...

Symbiotic relationships — mutually beneficial ... their homes on acacia plants that are defended by ant colonies. The interaction forms a three-way partnership: The ants protect the acacia ...

Director (visiting), Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) This research area engages in the development of Symbiotic Human-Robot ...

Eighty percent of plants rely on this symbiotic relationship, and enhancing this interaction with beneficial fungi could yield hardier crops, reduce fertilizer use, and minimize phosphate runoff ...

Although coral reefs host diverse species, they are nutrient-poor, making symbiotic interactions essential for survival. Sea anemones provide anemonefish with shelter and a secure spawning site thanks ...

How do symbioses between plants and fungi develop? How do plants decide whether or not to enter into a partnership with fungi? The team of Prof. Dr. Caroline Gutjahr, director at the Max Planck ...

Symbiont-derived nutrients are transferred to the cells of host sponges, and the variability observed among host species indicates that these interactions are more ... Cryptic diversity of the ...

Symbiotic associations with microorganisms play pivotal roles in animals, plants and human. Now "symbiosis" and "microbiome" are important keywords in basic biology, agriculture and medical science.

At the ISEE lab, we integrate bottom-up (focused on specific interactions) and top-down (addressing broader community and ecosystem dynamics) approaches to investigate how symbiotic micro-organisms ...