> But that doesn't poof the bacteria out of existence. By “definition” I meant “the rhizopine signaling pathway”, implying that no pathway → no symbiosis. Of c

> But that doesn't poof the bacteria out of existence. By “definition” I meant “the rhizopine signaling pathway”, implying that no pathway → no symbiosis. Of course that signal insensitive strains or species can exist. It’s a symbiote and not a parasite, after all.