Escherichia coli is a bacterium that lives in the large intestine, feeding off of undigested material while producing vitamin K. We provide the bacterium with a nice warm place to live, while the bacterium makes vitamins that we require for blood clotting.
Bacillus subtilis is a soil bacterium that produces antimicrobial compounds, reducing competition by killing other bacterial species.
Staphylococcus epidermidis lives on human skin, feeding on dead skin cells, and we pay no particular attention to the harmless bacteria.
There are over 500 different species of bacteria that inhabit the human gut, and many of these species coexist without positive or negative effects.
The human pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae infects human cells and results in disease.
Neutralism
Commensalism
Parasitism
Mutualism
Amensalism