Who Wants To Be Symbiotic

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Who Wants To Be Symbiotic

• Hanford Joint Union High School
• Biology
• Scholz

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Name The Relationship

• Lichens are a sandwich of fungi and algae.
• The fungus species attaches to the log, rock, or
  brick wall and absorbs nutrients from the
  environment.
• The algae in its turn uses the nutrients absorbed
  by the fungus and the carbon dioxide produced to
  photosynthesize.

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Name The Relationship

• Most oak species are susceptible to root and butt
  rot by the various species of fungi.
• Butt rot Fungi attach to the roots and cause
  decay and will cause trees to fall.

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Name The Relationship

• pseudoscorpions disperse by concealing themselves
  under the wing covers of large beetles.
• The pseudoscorpions gain the advantage of being
  dispersed over wide areas while being protected
  from predators.
• The beetle is unaffected by the presence of the
  hitchhikers.

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Name The Relationship

• The Cattle Egret forages in pastures and fields
  among livestock such as cattle and horses,
  feeding on the insects stirred up by the movement
  of the grazing animals. The egrets benefit from
  the arrangement, but the livestock, generally, do
  not.

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Name The Relationship

• Fleas are small dark, reddish-brown, wingless,
  blood-sucking insects. Their legs are long and
  well adapted for jumping. The flea body is hard,
  polished, and covered with many hairs and short
  spines directed backward.
• The mouthparts of an adult flea are adapted for
  sucking blood from a host.

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Name The Relationship

• higher plants disperse their seeds using berries
  and fruits such as the raspberries in the
  photograph.
• The berries or fruits are eaten by birds or
  mammals. They pass through the digestive system.

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Name The Relationship

• Athletes foot is a common fungal infection of
  the skin of your feet. The fungus, tinea pedis,
  is contracted from public environments. The
  fungus then grows in the warm and moist
  environment of your footwear, and can be
  difficult to eradicate.

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Name The Relationship

• The small fish attached to the shark's belly by
  means of a suction disc, is called a remora, or
  "sharksucker". It travels everywhere with the
  shark, and eats scraps left over from the shark's
  meals.

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Name The Relationship

• Cleaner Wrasses removing parasites from a
  batfish. Many reef fishes often line up at a
  "cleaning station", waiting to be serviced by the
  wrasses.
• The wrasses benefit by gaining a steady and
  reliable source of food, while their customers
  benefit by having harmful parasites removed.

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Name The Relationship

• The Boxer Crab carries a pair of stinging
  anemones in its claws, which it uses to defend
  itself from predators.
• The anemones gain mobility which increases their
  food supply.