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A superorganism, or supraorganism,[1] is a group of synergetically interacting organisms of the same species. A community of synergetically interacting organisms of different species is called a holobiont. The term superorganism is used most often to describe a social unit of eusocial animals in which division of labour is highly specialised and individuals cannot survive by themselves for extended periods. Ants are the best-known example of such a superorganism. A superorganism can be defined as "a collection of agents which can act in concert to produce phenomena governed by the collective",[2] phenomena being any activity "the hive wants" such as ants collecting food and avoiding predators,[3][4] or bees choosing a new nest site.[5] In challenging environments, micro organisms collaborate and evolve together to process unlikely sources of nutrients such as methane. This process called syntrophy ("eating together") might be linked to the evolution of eukaryote cells and involved in t

Superorganism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Group of synergistic organisms For other uses, see Superorganism (disambiguation) . A mound built by cathedral termites A coral colony A superorganism , or supraorganism , [ 1 ] is a group of synergetically interacting organisms of the same species . A community of synergetically interacting organisms of different species is called a holobiont . The origins of superorganism is widely regarded as a major evolutionary transition along with the origins of multicellular organism and the parallels between their points o

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