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Differantiate between commensalism and symbiosis.

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Commensalism is the mutual interaction which is benefical for one species while the other neither gets benefit nor harmed .Symbiosis is a has often been applied to this relationship but symbiosis properly refers to intimate association of two or more dissimilar organisms regardless of benefits and hence includes mutualism commensalism and parasitism.
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