Intestinal bacteria provide us with vitamin b and vitamin k, and they help us digest our food. Your gut provides a very good environment for the bacteria to prosper. Both you and the bacteria benefit. The "type" of symbiotic relationship is mutualistic. see the definition of symbiosis here: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/glossary/page/s.html
Commensalism *Apex*
Actually Its Mutualism..
these bacteria live in the intestine . they secrete a special enzyme which help in digestions in result they get small amount of food from our intestine
mutualistic
mutualistic
Mutualism
mutualism because the bacteria gets food and the human gets to decompose of certain foods
It depends on weather you develop an infection from teh bacteria. There are naturally occuring bacteria on our skin all the time.
The bacteria absorb nutrients in the gut from digested food - the human benefits from the production of the vitamin.
It is a facultative mutualism.-------------------------------------There are different strains of E. coli. The type that occupies the human intestinal tract is one of the normal flora that help break down substances that our body cannot on its own. So the type of symbiotic relationship between E. coli and humans is mutualism.
In any mutualistic relationship, both parties are helped in a way. In the case of humans and bacteria, the human cannot digest all of the food that it eats. The bacteria eat the food that the human cannot digest and partially digest it, allowing the human to finish the job. The bacteria benefit by getting food, and the human benefits by being able to digest the food it eats.
The symbiotic relationship between a human head and lice is parasitism. This is because the lice get food and shelter but the head is itchy.
Parasitism for my opinion
spirochete
yes. for example, there are bacteria in the human intestinal tract that synthesize Vitamin K for us.
There are some bacteria that can cause intestinal disease. All humans have bacteria in their intestine but the bacteria is a good thing. One of the most prevalent bacteria in the human GI tract is E. coli. There are different strains of E. coli and not all of them are pathogenic. The bacteria inside the human GI tract is "normal Flora" and is beneficial to humans.
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