The benefit is gained by intestinal bacteria living in a mutualistic relationship with an animal, A) The bacteria are provided with a regular source of nutrients.
A) The bacteria are provided with a regular source of nutrients, when the bacteria lives in a mutualistic relationship with an animal.
It helps to control the digestion by affecting the immune system of the body. It helps to maintain the homeostasis or the body temperature of the animal's body.
Since, the bacteria living in the intestine of the animal host lives according to a mutual relationship, it gets sufficient supply of the nutrients due to the flow of food throughout the intestine during the digestional activity of the digestive system.
By making up a colony of bacteria in the host it helps to benefit the animal by maintaining the immune activity of the body thus benefitting it efficiently.
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