Example sentences for: symbiosis

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  • Rhizobia have the ability to transfer genes horizontally to other bacteria, and M. loti carries a 'symbiosis island' which spans approximately 9% of its genome and has been shown to have a role in rhizobial evolution via HGT [ 46 ] . This symbiosis island contains certain genes involved in nodulation and nitrogen-fixation functions, but none of these is a homolog of the nematode HGT candidates we have identified.

  • Since their discovery in the 1970s and 1980s, giant tubeworms at hydrothermal vents and cold seeps have fascinated biologists and laymen alike—not only for their alien morphology (Figure 1), but also for epitomizing the perfect animal–microbe symbiosis.

  • Hong Kong and Macau present what are probably the most egregious examples of all-pervasive linguistic symbiosis on a daily basis, Singlish ubiquitous in the former, (e.g. ba shi bus; de shi taxi), Portusinese in the latter.

  • The non-zero-sum nature of U.S. governmental and associational expansion becomes even more apparent when we consider that most of the big voluntary associations founded in the 19 th century prospered well into the 20 th , often building toward membership peaks reached only in the 1960s or 1970s and in full symbiosis with public social provision.

  • The fourth candidate, of unknown function, lies approximately 149 kb from the opposite side of the symbiosis island from the other three (Figure 4).


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