The human body contains an abundance of prokaryotic organisms. Some of these prokaryotes synthesize vitamin K and other needed nutrients. In exchange, these bacteria are provided with an ideal living environment and food supply. This is an example of ? parasitism. ? neutralism. ? commensalism. ? amensalism. ? mutualism.
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The human body contains an abundance of prokaryotic organisms. Some of these prokaryotes synthesize vitamin K and other needed nutrients. In exchange, these bacteria are provided with an ideal living environment and food supply. This is an example of commensalism, mutualism, parasitism, amensalism, or neutralism. Corynebacterium xerosis is a fairly common bacteria found living on the human cornea. The human cornea provides an ideal habitat for the bacteria, and under normal conditions, the bacteria do not harm humans. This is an example of parasitism, neutralism, amensalism, commensalism, or mutualism.
Dominador T.
Drag and drop the type of symbiosis to its correct example. Escherichia coli is a bacteria that lives in the large intestine feeding off of undigested material while producing vitamin K. We provide the bacteria with a nice, warm, place to live, while the bacteria makes vitamins that we require for blood clotting. Bacillus subtilis is a soil bacteria that produces antimicrobial compounds that reduce 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
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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
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