Which of these are actual mutualistic partnerships that involve a protist and a host organism?
A)cellulose-digesting gut protists : wood-eating termites
B)dinoflagellates : reef-building coral animals
C)Trichomonas : humans
D)algae : certain foraminiferans
E)all except C

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Cellulose-digesting gut protists help termites digest wood, dinoflagellates provide nutrients to coral animals, and algae live symbiotically with foraminiferans. Trichomonas in humans is parasitic, not mutualistic.

Which of These Are Actual Mutualistic Partnerships That Involve a Protist