Humans, like many other organisms, have a microbiome. The human microbiome consists of all of the beneficial and detrimental microorganisms that live inside and outside our bodies. Our gut microbiome includes intestinal bacteria that help to digest food and provide us with nutrients.What type of relationship exists between these bacteria in your intestines and your body?Select one:a.Parasitismb.Mutualismc.Commensalismd.Predation

research on the gut flora (or more generally on the human microbiome) and distinguish what symbiotic relationships some of those microorganisms have with us

Your microbiome living in your gut is important in the digestion of food and absorption of nutrients. This is an example of what type of relationship?Multiple Choicemimicrysymbiosispredator-preyinterspecific competitionintraspecific competition

1. Distinguish between:a. pathogens, antigens and hostsb. prions, viruses and bacteriac. parasites, endoparasites and ectoparasites.2. Our microbiome consists of trillions of microorganisms that live in us and on us. Thebacteria that colonised the intestines after birth are important for development andfunction and are considered the normal flora of the gut. We depend on our gutbacteria to obtain vitamin K and vitamin B.a. Where do we obtain the bacteria that colonise our gut?b. Are any two people's gut microbiomes identical? Justify your response.c. Suggest factors that influence the composition of our gut microbiota over ourlifetime.3. Describe how our human microbiome protects us from pathogen attack. State fivediseases that have been linked to the microbiome

describe what a microbiome is.

How do microbiome keep us healthy?Group of answer choiceskills off other bacteriaproduce enzymes that aids in digestionelevates our moodall of the above