Question

E. Coli is a bacterium that lives in the gut of humans. The human provides the ideal habitat for e coli reproduction and the e coli provides the extra vitamin K that we use.

Group of answer choices

Parasitism

Predation (Predator-Prey)

Mutualism

Commensalism​

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is - Mutualism.

Explanation:

E. coli and humans have a parasitic relationship as these organisms cause harm to the Humans while they reproduce themself, however, E. coli also have a mutualistic relationship with humans that are present in the gut of the human's digestive tracts.

These bacteria help in providing vitamin k and nutrients to humans that is essential for the clotting of blood and the human provides the ideal habitat for E. coli reproduction.