Question

Degradation of cellilose to glucose by microbes in soil - name the kind of interaction

Answer 1

Soil is the largest terrestrial ecosystem where a wide variety of relationships exists between different types of soil organisms. The associations existing between different soil microorganisms, whether of a symbiotic or antagonistic nature, influence the activities of microorganisms in the soil. Microflora composition of any habitat is governed by the biological equilibrium created by the associations and interactions of all individuals found in the community. In soil, many microorganisms live in close proximity and interact among them-selves in a different ways. Some of the interactions or associations are mutually beneficial, or mutually detrimental or neutral. The various types of possible interactions/associations occurring among the microorganisms in soil can be: a) beneficial i) mutualism ii) commensalisms and iii) proto-cooperation or b) detrimental / harmful - i) amensalism, ii) antagonism,    iii) competition iv) Parasitism and v) predation