共生 (gòng shēng) — symbiosis (biology); intergrowth (geology), paragenesis (geology)

Definition

Examples

• 珊瑚和藻类之间形成了一种共生关系。
  Shān hú hé zǎo lèi zhī jiān xíng chéng le yì zhǒng gòng shēng guān xì.
  A symbiotic relationship formed between corals and algae.
• 这两种矿物在成矿过程中发生了共生。
  Zhè liǎng zhǒng kuàng wù zài chéng kuàng guò chéng zhōng fā shēng le gòng shēng.
  These two minerals underwent intergrowth during mineralization.
• 科学家正在研究这种细菌与其他微生物的共生现象。
  Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū zhè zhǒng xì jūn yǔ qí tā wēi shēng wù de gòng shēng xiàn xiàng.
  Scientists are studying the symbiotic phenomenon between this bacterium and other microbes.

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