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This interaction can be either mutualistic, benefiting both the plant and the fungus, or pathogenic, where the fungus harms the host plant.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

Suetsugu says that his team's result therefore "highlights the need to refine existing models of pollination biology beyond the traditional mutualistic or deceptive paradigms, thus contributing to a more nuanced understanding of plant-pollinator dynamics."

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2024

"Depending on the region, it has a different partner. Comamonadaceaeand its partners probably have some mutualistic metabolism, maybe sharing food."

From Science Daily • Nov. 10, 2023

Particular species of bacteria and fungi have evolved along with certain plants to create a mutualistic symbiotic relationship with roots.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

As the relations between ants and the various Homoptera have been regarded as mutualistic, it may be well to marshal the facts which seem to warrant this interpretation.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra