Bacteria Participate in Many Ecological Interactions

question 55

Multiple Choice

Bacteria participate in many ecological interactions.Which of the following roles typically does not require or involve symbiosis?

• A)living as commensalists on the skin of humans
• B)providing bioluminescence in fish
• C)digesting food as mutualists in animal intestines
• D)decomposing dead organisms and organic wastes

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