To paraphrase John Donne, "No organism is an island". Every plant and animal fits into its own special niche in the community of life from which it interacts with many other species. This set of slides introduces the concept of symbiosis and examines instances of mutualism, parasitism and commensalism. 1. Trypanasomes in rat blood - sm/st (1500X) 2. Soy bean root nodules - cs/st (100X) 3. Nematode on tomato root - wm (200X) 4. Green paramecium - wm (200X) 5. Rust of willow leaf - cs/st (200X) 6. Lichen - cs/st (200X) 7. Fungus on fish - wm (5X) 8. Virus on bacteria in man - em (45,000X)