Chapter 35, Problem 1RC

Summary Introduction

To Determine: The symbiosis and parasitism.

Introduction: Microbes are the living things that present in all around us and cannot be visible with naked eyes. The microbes can be present in water, soil, and air.

Explanation of Solution

A wide variety of microbes which lives in web communities and involve organisms from another system of life. This firm association between different organisms is known as symbiosis. Parasitism is a microbial interaction between host and parasite. It represents a symbiotic relationship between host and parasite where one get benefits on another without causing harm. Parasite coexists with host and involves nutrient requirement, physical maintenance. For example, lichen representsa symbiotic relationship with ascomycetes fungi.