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Symbiotic Associations

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Plant Physiological Ecology

Abstract

Symbiosis is the “living together” of two or more organisms. In its broadest sense, symbiotic associations include parasitic and commensal as well as mutually beneficial partnerships. As is common in the ecophysiological literature, however, we use the term symbiosis in a narrow sense to refer to mutually beneficial associations between higher plants and microorganisms.

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