Question
What type of relationship occurs between bacteria and the soya bean plant?
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by David H 12 years ago
The question is: Why not call it symbiotic relationship, i.e. Does the bacterium not benefit from the relationship?
The answer is, it does: It gets carbohydrates from the plant and an oxygen-reduced protected environment (the plant harbours the bacteria in root nodules).
The benefit to the plant is clear of course: It gets fixed nitrogen that it can use.
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