Topic 1. Cooperative relationships between microorganisms. Gearin (2016) describes cooperative relationships between different species of microscopic organisms called syntrophy. Answer the following two questions about this arrangement:

• (a) What are the main characteristics of their partnership?
• (b) How does each species benefit?
• Gearin, C. (2016, April 20). The search forsuperorganisms. Retrieved fromhttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/evolution/superorganisms/