MTAP 1 Flashcards
refers to any type of close and long-term biological interaction between two different biological organisms. It can be mutualistic, commensalistic or parasitic.
Symbiosis
Refers to the relationship that both organisms benefit from each other; organisms can both obligate, both facultative or one-obligate-one-facultative with each other
Mutualism
Refers to relationship that one benefits but the other is neither helped nor harmed; can be for phoresy (transportation), inquilinism (housing), etc
Commensalism
Is a symbiotic relationship where one organism, a parasite, lives in or on another organism, which is the host, for survival and usually at the expense of the latter.
Parasitism
A parasite living inside the host
Endoparasite
A parasite living outside the host
Ectoparasite
A parasite that requires host to complete its developmental cycle
Obligate
A parasite that can be free-living or become parasitic
Facultative
An example of Facultative parasite
Strongyloides stercoralis
A parasite that establishes itself to a host where it does not ordinarily live into
Accidental or Incidental
An example of an Accidental or Incidental parasite
Trichinella spiralis
Echinococcus granulosus
A parasite that remains in the host for its entire life
Permanent
An example of a permanent parasite
Ascaris lumbricoides
A parasite that remains in the host for a short period of
Temporary
A free-living organism that passes through the digestive tract of the host without infecting the host itself
Spurious
