Commensalism describes a relationship between two living organisms where one benefits and the other is not significantly harmed or helped.
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The relationship between a remora and its host is most often taken to be one of commensalism, specifically phoresy.
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In his 1875 publication " Animal Parasites and Messmates ", Van Beneden presented 264 examples of commensalism.
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Long-term coevolution sometimes leads to a relatively stable relationship tending to commensalism or autoimmune disorders in animal hosts, including humans.
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However, in doing so it does not harm nor benefit the whale, so their relationship is often labeled as an example of commensalism.
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In many cases, variation in external factors can result in interactions that shift along a continuum of mutualism, commensalism, and even parasitism.
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This relationship is called commensalism; because, many others receive the benefits of clean air at no cost or harm to trees supplying the oxygen.
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Facilitations can be categorized as mutualisms, in which both species benefit, or commensalisms, in which one species benefits and the other is unaffected.
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Pierre-Joseph van Beneden ( 1809-1894 ), a Belgian professor at the University of Louvain, developed the concept of commensalism during the nineteenth century.
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His conception was widely accepted by his contemporaries and commensalism has continued to be used as a concept right up to the present day : microbiome is clearly linked to commensalism.
