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Which of the following is a symbiont?
Which of the following is a symbiont?
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The correct option is D Trichonympha
- Zootermopsis, the pine woods termite, contains vast numbers of the wood engulfing symbiont Trichonympha, along with a number of other species, such as the primitive flagellate, Streblomastix and Trichomonas.
- Trichonympha residing in the termite gut assist in breaking down the cellulose. Hence the correct option is D.
- Zootermopsis, the pine woods termite, contains vast numbers of the wood engulfing symbiont Trichonympha, along with a number of other species, such as the primitive flagellate, Streblomastix and Trichomonas.
- Trichonympha residing in the termite gut assist in breaking down the cellulose. Hence the correct option is D.
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