GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY - T.P. Pyrog - 2004

21. MICROORGANISMS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

21.3. TYPES OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ORGANISMS IN NATURE

In nature, organisms exist in close interaction with one another. The forms of their relationships can be broadly divided into two categories: symbiotic and antagonistic.

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