Plants have developed mechanisms to fight pathogenic bacterial infection, but in the beneficial symbiotic association, entry of the nitrogen-fixing bacteria is accepted. The legume-symbiotic rhizobia ...

Susceptibility of their microbial partners to the herbicide may be an underestimated weak spot of insects that could add to their decline. Saw-toothed grain beetles live in a symbiotic association ...

Symbiotic and pathogenic fungi that interact with plants are distantly related and don't share many genetic similarities. Comparing plant pathogenic fungi and plant symbiotic fungi, scientists at the ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Insects are, in many ways, the dominant multicellular ...

Reed beetle Donacia marginata. Reed beetles have a semi-aquatic lifestyle. This means that their larvae develop underwater in ponds or streams, while the adults live outside the water. This is an ...

Generally speaking, symbiotic relationships are arrangements that are mutually beneficial to both organisms. One example of a typical animal-animal symbiotic relationship is that between sharks and ...

A new study, drawing on nighttime underwater photography, documented previously unknown “symbiotic associations” between juvenile fish and larval anemones, with some fish staying close to the anemones ...