From: A realism-based approach to an ontological representation of symbiotic interactions
Term | Definition |
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agonism | An ectosymbiosis that results in harm to one of the participating organisms and benefit to another participating organism |
intimate agonism | An agonism where the participating organisms, although physically external to one another, nevertheless have close and persistent physical contact for most or all of the interaction |
ectosymbiotic parasitism | An intimate agonism in which the harm is not fatal to the host |
ectosymbiotic parasitoidism | An intimate agonism in which the harm is fatal to the host |
transient agonism | An agonism where the participating organisms maintain significant physical separation from one another through most or all of the interaction |
grazing | A transient agonism in which the harm is not fatal |
predation | A transient agonism in which the harm is fatal |
amensalism | An ectosymbiosis that results in harm to one of the participating organisms but neither harms nor benefits the other participating organisms |
antagonism | An ectosymbiosis that results in harm to all participating organisms |
ectosymbiotic commensalism | An ectosymbiosis that results in benefit to one participating organism and neither harm nor benefit to the other participating organisms |
ectosymbiotic mutualism | An ectosymbiosis that results in benefit to all participating organisms |
endosymbiotic parasitism | An endosymbiosis that results in benefit to the parasite and harm to the host |
endosymbiotic parasitoidism | An endosymbiosis that results in benefit to the parasitoid and death to the host |
endosymbiotic commensalism | An endosymbiosis that results in benefit to one organism and neither harm nor benefit to the other participating organisms |
endosymbiotic mutualism | An endosymbiosis that results in benefit to all participating organisms |
obligatory ectosymbiotic parasitism | An ectosymbiotic parasitism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the parasite |
obligatory ectosymbiotic parasitoidism | An ectosymbiotic parasitoidism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the parasitoid |
obligatory ectosymbiotic commensalism | An ectosymbiotic commensalism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the commensal organism that benefits |
obligatory ectosymbiotic mutualism | An ectosymbiotic mutualism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of at least one of the organisms participating |
obligatory endosymbiotic parasitism | An endosymbiotic parasitism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the parasite |
obligatory endosymbiotic parasitoidism | An endosymbiotic parasitoidism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the parasitoid |
obligatory endosymbiotic commensalism | An endosymbiotic commensalism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of the commensal organism that benefits |
obligatory endosymbiotic mutualism | An endosymbiotic mutualism that realizes a biological function that inheres in some proper part of at least one of the organisms participating |
facultative ectosymbiotic parasitism | An ectosymbiotic parasitism that realizes some facultative parasite role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative ectosymbiotic parasitoidism | An ectosymbiotic parasitoidism that realizes some facultative parasitoid role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative ectosymbiotic commensalism | An ectosymbiotic commensalism that realizes some facultative commensal role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative ectosymbiotic mutualism | An ectosymbiotic mutualism that realizes some facultative mutualist role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative endosymbiotic parasitism | An endosymbiotic parasitism that realizes some facultative parasite role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative endosymbiotic parasitoidism | An endosymbiotic parasitoidism that realizes some facultative parasitoid role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative endosymbiotic commensalism | An endosymbiotic commensalism that realizes some facultative commensal role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |
facultative endosymbiotic mutualism | An endosymbiotic mutualism that realizes some facultative mutualist role inhering in an organism that is also realized by a bodily benefit to that organism |