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Adjective(1) living in a state of commensalism
Noun(1) either of two different animal or plant species living in close association but not interdependent

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(1) The majority of reports came from Europe but resistance in commensal rodents was also documented in the United States, Canada, Japan, and Australia.(2) The outermost layer - the epidermis, is colonised by a raft of commensal bacteria, that is, bacteria that generally don't cause harm to the host.(3) This species is also closely associated with colonies of various seabirds and marine mammals; it feeds among birds and seals and has been considered a commensal of those colonial animals.(4) Aids, for example, infects some primates without causing illness or death, and has probably lived in them in a commensal relationship for generations.(5) We saw several fist-sized sea squirts which were bright pink in colour, and only when studying the photographs afterwards noticed that each was attended by a number of well-camouflaged commensal prawns, also pink.(6) At least one report suggests that the number of bacterial strains that are symbiotic or commensal is limited.(7) Based on this finding it was suggested that this bacterial strain has at least a commensal relationship with the host.(8) In an editorial review on the relationship of bacteria to lung host defenses, it was suggested that it should be possible to separate the presence of bacteria as commensals in the airway from those causing an infection.(9) Specifically, we believe significant shifts in important dimensions of our eating culture - increased snacking frequency, the tendency towards eating alone, and an overall decline in commensality have contributed to much of the current obesity problem.(10) However, their isolates were from sites such as the nose and hands of the foodhandlers, where these organisms remain as mere commensals .(11) These matters, in turn, are replicated in the dietary and commensality practices.(12) It may be that their main metabolic interaction is with bacterial commensals , rather than directly with the insect host.(13) This fact can be a concept for a basis of the criterion to evaluate housing in environmental commensality .