Nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the roots of soybeans help provide a source of nitrogen to the plants, and in exchange, the bacteria obtain food from the plants. Which type of interaction is this?

A. mutualism
B. commensalism
C. parasitism
D. predation
E. herbivory


Ans: A. mutualism

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