What type of relationship typically exists between the resid

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.