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commensalism

Interaction between organisms of different species in which one type of organism benefits and the other type is neither helped nor harmed to any great degree. Compare mutualism.

Subject: 
Environmental Science [1]
Vocabulary: 
Chapter 8 - Community Ecology: Structure, Species Interactions, Succession, and Sustainability [2]
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