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What is the main focus of the Human Microbiome Project launched by NIH in December 2007?
What is the main focus of the Human Microbiome Project launched by NIH in December 2007?
Which type of bacteria is strongly correlated with obesity and type 2 diabetes?
Which type of bacteria is strongly correlated with obesity and type 2 diabetes?
What is the main diet of lower termites?
What is the main diet of lower termites?
What is the characteristic feature of the Firmicutes phylum of bacteria?
What is the characteristic feature of the Firmicutes phylum of bacteria?
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What is the term for an interaction between different species that are associated with each other within a community?
What is the term for an interaction between different species that are associated with each other within a community?
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Which type of symbiotic relationship involves two species benefiting from each other?
Which type of symbiotic relationship involves two species benefiting from each other?
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In which type of symbiotic relationship does one population harm another but remains unaffected itself?
In which type of symbiotic relationship does one population harm another but remains unaffected itself?
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What type of symbiotic relationship involves one organism benefiting while the other is unaffected?
What type of symbiotic relationship involves one organism benefiting while the other is unaffected?
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In which type of symbiotic relationship does one organism benefit while harming the other?
In which type of symbiotic relationship does one organism benefit while harming the other?
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Which type of symbiotic relationship involves both organisms benefiting each other?
Which type of symbiotic relationship involves both organisms benefiting each other?
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Who is credited with the initial suggestion that chloroplasts may have originated from ancestral photosynthetic bacteria living symbiotically inside a eukaryotic cell?
Who is credited with the initial suggestion that chloroplasts may have originated from ancestral photosynthetic bacteria living symbiotically inside a eukaryotic cell?
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What term refers to predation among microbes involving a predator species that attacks and usually kills its prey?
What term refers to predation among microbes involving a predator species that attacks and usually kills its prey?
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Who published her ideas regarding the endosymbiotic hypothesis of the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts in 1967?
Who published her ideas regarding the endosymbiotic hypothesis of the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts in 1967?
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Who suggested that mitochondria and chloroplasts are of prokaryotic origin?
Who suggested that mitochondria and chloroplasts are of prokaryotic origin?
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What term is used for an interaction between different organisms who try to acquire the same resource?
What term is used for an interaction between different organisms who try to acquire the same resource?
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What is an example of an endoparasite mentioned in the text?
What is an example of an endoparasite mentioned in the text?
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