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Latin: mutuus = interchanging use.
This term describes species that live close together. There are only positive effects. However, both partners do not depend on each other in contrast to the relations in symbiosis where both partners are closely related.
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Mehlhorn, H. (2015). Mutualism. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27769-6_2039-2
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