The Relationship Among Endosymbiotic Microbes in the Termite Gut That $\bigotimes$

question 72

Multiple Choice

The relationship among endosymbiotic microbes in the termite gut that results in complex metabolic fluxes with a negative $\bigotimes$ G, and that would NOT happen for individual members, is called:

• A) mutualism
• B) parasitism
• C) exothermic association
• D) predation
• E) syntrophy

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Definitions:

Cidal

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Blast

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Ory

A suffix meaning 'pertaining to' or 'of the nature of,' used in the formation of adjectives.

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