Symbiosis - Reflexions

Symbiosis

intimate and durable association between two species that are heterospecific (belonging to two different species), and sometimes more than two. The organisms are described as symbiotes. The larger is called the host. Symbiosis can be of two types:
• ectosymbiosis: the symbiote lives on the surface of the host (this includes the intestinal tract and the canals of the exocrine glands)
• endosymbiosis: the symbiote is located in the intercellular or intracellular space (intravacuolar or free in the cytoplasm)