commensal in a sentence
Examples
- It is coagulase-negative and is probably a commensal organism on the skin of humans.
- It is commensal with alpheid shrimps.
- They are commensal with alpheid shrimps.
- Not all commensals are opportunistic pathogens.
- Some millipedes form commensal relationships, in which only one species benefits while the other is unaffected.
- House mice in buildings and other urbanized areas with close proximity to humans are known as commensal.
- Both commensal and noncommensal house mouse males aggressively defend their territory and act to exclude all intruders.
- A number of commensal bacterial species are pathogenic and can result in opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals.
- If certain individuals are genetically predisposed to immunological intolerance of these commensal organisms, pathology can occur.
- The members of this genus are commensal with shrimps of the genus " Alpheus ".