Parker Mara

03/27/2020

1. Mussels that live near a deep-sea vent

Link: http://www.popsci.com/science/articl
e/2011-08/symbiotic-bacteria-serve-
hydrogen-fuel-cells-deep-sea-mussels (Lin
ks to an external site.)

Hydrogen sulfide is a bacterium that has a

symbiotic relationship with mussels. The
hydrogen supplies seven times more
energy than methane and eighteen times
more energy than sulfide. This is a
mutualistic relationship. The hydrogen
gains energy while the bacterium has a
food source. The broad environmental
impact is the enriched energized
environment that the increased hydrogen
supports.

2. Green beans being grown in a

farmer's field
Link: https://www.the-compost-
gardener.com/nitrogen-fixing-bacteria.html
Rhizobium bacteria has a
symbiotic relationship with
green beans. This nitrogen
based bacterium has formed a
friendly, mutualistic
relationship. He bacterium
colonize in the green beans. In
return, the nitrogen in the
bacterium enriches the soil.
3. Termites eating wood
Link:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200
9/05/090514153139.htm

Trichonympha is a single-celled protozoa

that has highly mutualistic beneficial
symbiotic relationship with termites. Neither
organism can live without the other. This
protozoon is found in the hindgut of the
termite. The environmental impact of this
healthy relationship is a significant impact on
wood.

4. A deep-sea angler fish using a

luminescent glowing lure to
attract its prey
Link: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-
life/fish/meet-tiny-bacteria-give-
anglerfishes-their-spooky-glow

The angler fishes light is beneficial

relationship for the fish to obtain prey. The
bioluminescence produced by the fish
attracts the prey for the fish. It is a one-sided
relationship as the fish does nothing to
benefit the other side.

5. Tapeworms in a stomach
Link: https://divediscover.whoi.edu/hot-
topics/you-feed-me-i-feed-you-symbiosis/
The Tapeworms have a
symbiotic relationship within
a living stomach. For example,
in this parasitic relationship,
the tapeworm gets
nourishment while the human
loses it. There is often a
negative effect on the
human’s environment as it
does not benefit in a positive
way.