Microbe ecology

Question 1

Denitrification

Answer 1

the loss or removal of nitrogen or nitrogen compounds specifically

Question 2

Nitrogen fixing bacteria

Answer 2

prokaryotic microorganisms capable of transforming nitrogen gas from the atmosphere into “fixed nitrogen” compounds, like as ammonia, that are usable by plants.

Question 3

Decomposers

Answer 3

organism that breaks down dead organic material

Question 4

Autotrophs

Answer 4

an organism that can make its own food from inorganic materials without needing other organic matter in the process

Question 5

Parasitism

Answer 5

a symbiotic relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

Question 6

Mutualism

Answer 6

a relationship between dissimilar organisms where both partners benefit

Question 7

Commensalism

Answer 7

an organism living in close association with another organism of a different species where one partner benefits but the other does not and is not harmed.