Following the surgical procedure the patient developed a fever and their condition rapidly deteriorated. A blood sample was collected from the patient and sent to the clinical microbiology laboratory for testing. The bacterium Ralstonia pickettii was identified in the sample and confirmed as the causative agent of the patient's infection. 

R. pickettii

is commonly found in freshwater aquatic

ecosystems and thrives in the presence of algal species such as

Q2. How would you classify the relationship between R. pickettii and C. sorokiniana? (select all that apply)