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commensalism

interaction between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which one benefits and the other is unaffected.
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commensalism

Summary

commensalism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • commensalism is a type of symbiosis[2].
  • commensalism's Commons category is recorded as Commensalism[3].
  • commensalism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • commensalism's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[5].
  • commensalism's different from is recorded as parasitism[6].
  • commensalism's different from is recorded as predation[7].
  • commensalism's different from is recorded as amensalism[8].
  • commensalism's different from is recorded as mutualism[9].

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Definition and Type

commensalism is a type of symbiosis[2].

Why It Matters

commensalism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,850 views/month).[1] commensalism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] commensalism is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2085318
    Different from → parasitism, predation, amensalism +1
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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