Sentences with phrase «mutualistic pseudomyrmex»

When it comes to a mutualistic relation between Decentralized Ledger Technology (DLT) and data storage, the most common use case for the Blockchain is as an incentive layer.

Further, it is non-progressive for the judiciary to feel they can not discuss parliamentary matters when we now live in an organic mutualistic society.

But current research suggests that some are quite mutualistic, indeed an essential part of our emotional and nervous system, broadly understood, for both bad and good.

«What we concluded from this study is that classifying these interactions as parasitic or mutualistic maybe is not so correct, because sometimes these interactions can be quite complex.»

That way, they can get a lot of sunlight to support the photosynthetic organisms with which they have a mutualistic symbiotic relationship.

Jeremijenko — who's known for her work in combining technology with ecology for a «mutualistic systems design» approach, ultimately creating what she calls an «eco-mindshift» — is posing the question of how would our relationship to nature change if we apply to it the same rules that we live by?

The majority of plants have fungi associated with their root systems in a kind of mutualistic symbiosis known as mycorrhiza; an important function of this type of symbiosis is the enhancement of phosphorus uptake.

It is probably a mutualistic arrangement as the remora can move around on the host, removing ectoparasites and loose flakes of skin, while benefiting from the protection provided by the host, and the constant flow of water across its gills.

There is usually a small gobie fish, about 2» long, living in the tunnel system (the shrimp and the fish live in a mutualistic relationship).

These results suggest that cats may have played a variety of roles in the settlement, ranging from mutualistic hunters and scavengers to encouraged animals or even pets.

Corporate - academia merger or tie - ups can be a mutualistic association.

I am a lesbian so I am looking more for a mutualistic relationship with my future sugar momma.

Consider also that the aerobic and alactic systems work in a mutualistic fashion; better aerobic development improves resynthesis of creatine phosphate, and is also a stronger predictor of repeated sprint exercise than glycolytic development.

It has been theorized that, when reefs become warm and eutrophic, mutualistic Symbiodinium sequester more resources for their own growth, thus parasitizing their hosts of nutrition.

Members of the bean family (legumes) and some other kinds of plants form mutualistic symbiotic relationships with nitrogen fixing bacteria.

In biology, symbiotic relationships can be described as mutualistic, where both partners benefit from the interaction; commensalistic, where one partner benefits and the other partner does not benefit and is not harmed; and parasitic, where one partner benefits at a cost to the other.

The plant endosperm has been an important factor in the establishment of a mutualistic relationship with humans - to facilitate their survival and spread, crop plants have evolved larger backpacks to ensure continued utility to humans.

Chomicki team's genetic analysis showed that the mutualistic association is around 3 million years old (Nature Plants, DOI: 10.1038 / nplants.2016.181).

The mutualistic relationship between the ants and the acacia, by mediating elephant damage, is a key influence on the amount of tree cover in the savanna.

These trees have evolved a mutualistic relationship with native ants.

This study suggests that the mutualistic relationship between lycaenid butterfly larvae and ants is maintained through the selfish manipulation of behavior by the larvae.

Interestingly, as the amount of nutrients gradually increased, the relationship between the strains, originally mutualistic, transitioned through multiple phases before devolving into competition, and even extinction of one partner.

They found that in nutrient - poor conditions, both strains did better together than they did alone, forming more mutualistic relationships in which each strain depended heavily on the other.

From their experiments, the researchers developed a simple model to predict the type of mutualistic relationship that would develop between the two strains, given how their populations changed over time.

However, there may be a limit to the extent to which a mutualistic relationship can break down.

However, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara researchers Deron Burkepile and Andrew Shantz, excess nutrient input — or nutrient pollution — creates an imbalance in the interactions between partner — also known as mutualistic — species across a variety of ecosystems.

With slow environmental change, the indirect effects of species on the evolution of other species may help mutualistic interactions persist over long periods of time.

With rapid environmental change, then, environments may change faster than species can adapt within large mutualistic networks.

But many species have mutualistic interactions with multiple partners, leading to complex networks of interacting species.

In a paper published October 18 in the journal Nature, a group of ecologists and evolutionary biologists from five universities has attempted to understand how species coevolve within large webs of mutualistic species.

These microbes form close, often mutualistic, associations with their plant hosts.

Renner and Chomicki measured the sizes of the portals in a large selection of Hydnophytinae species, and analyzed their mutualistic strategies.

We conducted a series of observations and experiments to test whether weta form mutualistic partnerships with fleshy - fruited plants as seed dispersers, similar to small mammals elsewhere in the world.

«But it's possible that selfishness happened first, and over time, some of these species coevolved to become more mutualistic.»

Because acacia leaves are touched mainly by ants» legs, she extracted the legs of mutualistic and parasitic ants and tested the effect of the extracts on the growth of bacterial pathogens in the lab.

Detailed analysis of the bacterial composition on the surfaces of the leaves suggested that the presence of mutualistic ants changed the bacterial populations and reduced harmful pathogens.

The mutualistic association between acacia plants and the ants that live on them is an excellent example: The plants provide food and accommodation in the form of food bodies and nectar as well as hollow thorns which can be used as nests.

Intriguingly, the leaves of acacia colonized by parasitic ants showed more leaf damage from herbivores and microbial pathogens than did the leaves that had mutualistic ants.

In return for room and board, mutualistic Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus ants become bodyguards, protecting their host against herbivores and competing plants.

Analysis of the surfaces of the leaves revealed that the number of plant pathogens as well as of necrotic plant tissues increased considerably when mutualistic Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus ants were absent.

They compared the leaves of acacia plants which were inhabited by either mutualistic or parasitic ants to leaves from which ants had been removed.

Aphids belonging to one of these morphs — green and with a bulbous appearance — have a conventional mutualistic relationship with ants.

Boomsma, who also wrote an essay on the amoebae in the same issue of Nature, noted that it is «a fascinating finding because the Dictyostelium - bacterial symbiosis is evidently driven by mutualistic advantages, despite the obvious risks of bacterial exploitation of the dispersal opportunities provided by the hosts.»

Researchers have discovered that this mutualistic relationship is even tighter than it seemed, with the bird recognizing and responding to specific calls from its human partners.

A mutualistic relationship between species in an ecosystem allows for the ecosystem to thrive, but the lack of this relationship could lead to the collapse of the entire system.

«We observe giant moray eels and coral groupers — two distantly related species — foraging in a truly mutualistic and cooperative fashion,» Gregg says.

«While this ant - plant mutualistic interaction has been well - studied, our research showed that this keystone interaction is even more intricate than previously thought,» said Prior.

The results help researchers understand how plants and fungi developed symbiotic relationships, and how the mutualistic association provides host plants with beneficial traits for environmental adaptation.

Mutualistic bacteria start out by invading animal cells just like malevolent disease - causing bacteria do.

In 1999, he published the first description of Sodalis, a genus of bacteria that are now known to have been adopted independently as mutualistic partners in a wide range of insect hosts.