Question 63

(Multiple Choice)

A P. bursaria cell that has lost its zoochlorellae is aposymbiotic. If aposymbiotic cells have population growth rates the same as those of healthy, zoochlorella-containing P. bursaria in well-lit environments with plenty of prey items, then such an observation would be consistent with which type of relationship?


A) parasitic
B) commensalistic
C) toxic
D) predator-prey
E) mutualistic

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