What type of relationship typically exists between the resident and the transient microbiota in the human body? Commensalism parasitism antagonism mutualism Solution The transient microbes are competitors for nutrients and substrate that the resident microbes do not want. The resident microbes will often produce many \'factors\' that retard the growth of transient microbes. Hence, resident microbes and transient microbes typically exist in a state of antagonism..

1. What type of relationship typically exists between the resident and the transient microbiota in
the human body? Commensalism parasitism antagonism mutualism
Solution
The transient microbes are competitors for nutrients and substrate that the resident microbes do
not want. The resident microbes will often produce many 'factors' that retard the growth of
transient microbes. Hence, resident microbes and transient microbes typically exist in a state of
antagonism.