You are weeding your garden when you accidentally expose some roots of your pea plants. You notice swellings (root nodules) on the roots, and there is a reddish tinge to the ones you accidentally damaged. Most likely your pea plants A. suffer from a mineral deficiency B. are infected with a parasite C. are benefiting from a mutualistic bacterium D. are developing offshoots from the root

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Most likely your pea plants are benefiting from a mutualistic bacterium.

What is Mutualism?

  • The most frequent definition of mutualism is that it refers to interactions between members of different species that are advantageous to both parties, which displays the positive characteristics of the results of those interactions.
  • But a more accurate definition of mutualism is an interaction between individuals of various species that has a favorable (beneficial) impact on the per capita reproduction and/or survival of the interacting populations.
  • Although there are ecological and evolutionary similarities between symbiosis, cooperation, and facilitation, the terms mutualism, and those terms are not interchangeable.
  • While cooperation is typically used to describe advantageous relationships between members of the same species, frequently incorporating social interactions, mutualism is an interspecific contact.

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