FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term biological process involved in symbiotic interaction ID (Ontology) GO:0044403 (Gene Ontology)
Definition A process carried out by gene products in an organism that enable the organism to engage in a symbiotic relationship, a more or less intimate association, with another organism. The various forms of symbiosis include parasitism, in which the association is disadvantageous or destructive to one of the organisms; mutualism, in which the association is advantageous, or often necessary to one or both and not harmful to either; and commensalism, in which one member of the association benefits while the other is not affected. However, mutualism, parasitism, and commensalism are often not discrete categories of interactions and should rather be perceived as a continuum of interaction ranging from parasitism to mutualism. In fact, the direction of a symbiotic interaction can change during the lifetime of the symbionts due to developmental changes as well as changes in the biotic/abiotic environment in which the interaction occurs. Microscopic symbionts are often referred to as endosymbionts.[ PubMed:31257129 ]
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   |__biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms
       |__biological process involved in symbiotic interaction  27 rec.
           |__arbuscular mycorrhizal association
           |__biological process involved in interaction with host 27 rec.
           |   |__acquisition of nutrients from host(+)
           |   |__adhesion of symbiont to host(+)
           |   |__exit from host cell(+)
           |   |__migration in host(+)
           |   |__response to host(+)
           |   |__symbiont entry into host(+) 27 rec.
           |   |__symbiont intracellular protein transport in host(+)
           |   |__symbiont-mediated killing of host cell(+)
           |   |__symbiont-mediated perturbation of host process(+)
           |   |__translocation of molecules into host(+)
           |__biological process involved in interaction with symbiont
           |   |__acquisition of nutrients from symbiont
           |   |__detection of symbiont(+)
           |   |__formation by host of specialized structure for nutrient acquisition from symbiont
           |   |__killing by host of symbiont cells(+)
           |   |__lectin-induced modified bacterial internalization
           |   |__translocation of molecules into symbiont(+)
           |__intracellular transport of virus
           |   |__actin-dependent intracellular transport of virus(+)
           |   |__microtubule-dependent intracellular transport of viral material(+)
           |   |__transport of viral material towards nucleus(+)
           |   |__viral penetration into host nucleus(+)
           |__multi-species biofilm formation
           |__symbiotic process benefiting host
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Is a biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms
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  • "commensalism" NARROW
    "host-pathogen interaction" NARROW
    "parasitism" NARROW
    "symbiosis" RELATED
    "symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism" RELATED
    "symbiotic interaction" RELATED
    "symbiotic interaction between host and organism" RELATED
    "symbiotic interaction between organisms" RELATED
    "symbiotic interaction between species" RELATED
    "symbiotic process" RELATED
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